A PhD in education, an English author, speaker, and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education, and arts bodies.
It is rather fortunate because my lecturer showed us Sir Ken Robinson's talk on TED in 2006, that's when I'm inspired by the talk. In just 20 minutes, Sir Ken Robinson showed me how important is creativity to the world, and how the world kills creativity. It is a global phenomenon that the education nowadays has no concern about art nor creativity, in fact, this phenomenon started a long time ago.
Ever since we were born, we were forced to follow the system of education which set up to make sure we have a decent job in the future. According to the education system, art and dance will always stay at the bottom, because they know that both of the subject will not guarantee our future, that we might end up being a beggar. The truth is, art and dance is one of the way to practice creativity, yet, the society had account them as 'the express way to poverty'. It's so true because I was born in this education system too, since primary school, my got to attend art and music class once a week only, comparing with other subjects such as maths, science, subjects like art and music are really nothing much important. Eventually, we don't put much attention nor effort in these creative subjects.
'When you get good marks, you can enter a good school,
I believe each and every person had heard this quote before from their parents. It's true that parents always wanted the best for their child, I mean which parents don't expect their children to get good grades in school? But the moment parents threw out the quote, they had indirectly emphasized the importance of marks, but not the knowledge. It's funny because school is place to gain knowledge, not marks, however, the cruel reality had proved us that marks are far more important than knowledge. In other words, school is no longer a place to seek knowledge, but a place to get a paper called certificate. I found it quite hilarious because our job nowadays is fully depended on just this little piece of paper.
Now, in order to get good marks, we mostly give up on those subjects that occupy least marks, so there goes arts and music. Have you ever tried telling your parents that you want to be a dancer or an artist in the future? I bet your parents will look at you like you'd just killed their child, because they think you'd just killed your own future. Why would they think like that? Because the long executed education system had mildly brainwashed them. They think that art and music are for those uneducated people. In other words, you don't get to choose what you like to study, especially art and music, even though you chose to study those, you must first pass through your parents opposition, then you're on your own.
I would say the road to study creativity is difficult. Not only the education system will stop you, the society will also boycott you. Whenever you're trying to be creative, the society will try their best to pare down your confidence. As Mr Robinson said, there are actually a lot of creative people think they are not creative because they are being stigmatize by others. That's why, being creative needs courage.
A few years from now, more people will be graduating from university, more people will be having a certificate in their hands, at that time, maybe you'll need a master degree to work as a waiter at a coffee shop. Then, creativity will be instantly valued by the society, because they know that certificate is no longer valuable, everyone will have the same standard of knowledge. However, creativity in other hand, is something that will always be new, always different.
So, inspite of waiting that kind of phenomenon to happen, why don't we start appreciating creativity now?
It is rather fortunate because my lecturer showed us Sir Ken Robinson's talk on TED in 2006, that's when I'm inspired by the talk. In just 20 minutes, Sir Ken Robinson showed me how important is creativity to the world, and how the world kills creativity. It is a global phenomenon that the education nowadays has no concern about art nor creativity, in fact, this phenomenon started a long time ago.
Ever since we were born, we were forced to follow the system of education which set up to make sure we have a decent job in the future. According to the education system, art and dance will always stay at the bottom, because they know that both of the subject will not guarantee our future, that we might end up being a beggar. The truth is, art and dance is one of the way to practice creativity, yet, the society had account them as 'the express way to poverty'. It's so true because I was born in this education system too, since primary school, my got to attend art and music class once a week only, comparing with other subjects such as maths, science, subjects like art and music are really nothing much important. Eventually, we don't put much attention nor effort in these creative subjects.
'When you get good marks, you can enter a good school,
when you enter good school, you can find a good job and you'll make money!'
I believe each and every person had heard this quote before from their parents. It's true that parents always wanted the best for their child, I mean which parents don't expect their children to get good grades in school? But the moment parents threw out the quote, they had indirectly emphasized the importance of marks, but not the knowledge. It's funny because school is place to gain knowledge, not marks, however, the cruel reality had proved us that marks are far more important than knowledge. In other words, school is no longer a place to seek knowledge, but a place to get a paper called certificate. I found it quite hilarious because our job nowadays is fully depended on just this little piece of paper.
Now, in order to get good marks, we mostly give up on those subjects that occupy least marks, so there goes arts and music. Have you ever tried telling your parents that you want to be a dancer or an artist in the future? I bet your parents will look at you like you'd just killed their child, because they think you'd just killed your own future. Why would they think like that? Because the long executed education system had mildly brainwashed them. They think that art and music are for those uneducated people. In other words, you don't get to choose what you like to study, especially art and music, even though you chose to study those, you must first pass through your parents opposition, then you're on your own.
I would say the road to study creativity is difficult. Not only the education system will stop you, the society will also boycott you. Whenever you're trying to be creative, the society will try their best to pare down your confidence. As Mr Robinson said, there are actually a lot of creative people think they are not creative because they are being stigmatize by others. That's why, being creative needs courage.
A few years from now, more people will be graduating from university, more people will be having a certificate in their hands, at that time, maybe you'll need a master degree to work as a waiter at a coffee shop. Then, creativity will be instantly valued by the society, because they know that certificate is no longer valuable, everyone will have the same standard of knowledge. However, creativity in other hand, is something that will always be new, always different.
So, inspite of waiting that kind of phenomenon to happen, why don't we start appreciating creativity now?
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