The speaker explains how education means a lot to people, that education is valued so much in American society like it is a religion or money. He explains his concept that the unpredictability of future is why it is important to teach children that their abilities for innovation is helpful and their talents are useful. He explains that the talents that children have are distinguished in schools, it is what the children are passionate about, however it is taught to them that they will not be able to get a "real job" from their talents. The speaker describes that adults are too afraid to make mistakes, but it is precisely the children's mistakes which make them beneficial, he explains, "if you're not prepared to be wrong, you will never come up with anything original." The author builds his ethos throughout his presentation by describing how he was a professor, which builds his credibility. He explains how the famous artist, Picasso, once said that "every child is born an artist," however in America the issue in schools is that the kids need to remain artistic as they grow up. The speaker builds pathos by appealing to emotions of audience and it creates them to feel sadness for kids who are deprived of expressing their talents to fullest potential and are held back from what they love to do most. The speaker explains that Americans need "to see our children for the hope that they are," because their skills are useful and their talents should be encouraged. The speaker does an excellent job engaging the audience through funny stories and jokes throughout the presentation which captures the audience attention.
American value of education and intelligence. "Instead of growing into creativity, we grow out of it." The kids are steered away from doing things they enjoy because would never get a job from it. He develops a claim that suddenly degrees aren't important because of academic success and views on intelligence, people are admired for how textbook smart they are. Intelligence is expressed different ways in all different people, it is dynamic, interactive, and distinct. applies to global dream of education of children, that academic intelligence takes priority over creativity, because intelligence and knowledge is what is "actually" important in the eyes of globally for a better future advancements. Academic ability is dominating our view of intelligence, kids think they are not smart because we stigmatized or held back from things they were actually good at was not valued. American companies stigmatize mistakes, by the time children are adults they loose capacity to be creative and make mistakes, adults want to be sure everything they do is correct, not creative.
This was my favorite Tedtalk presentation because i agree with his argument that schools deprive students of what their talents and abilities are just because it is not likely for them to get a job from it. The talent is what the child loves most to do, and instead of helping the talent grow it is being blocked and the focus is on education and intelligence. I learned how different people prospered with their talents after being told they could not be successful, and the presentation was humorous and inspiring to the audience listeners.
American value of education and intelligence. "Instead of growing into creativity, we grow out of it." The kids are steered away from doing things they enjoy because would never get a job from it. He develops a claim that suddenly degrees aren't important because of academic success and views on intelligence, people are admired for how textbook smart they are. Intelligence is expressed different ways in all different people, it is dynamic, interactive, and distinct. applies to global dream of education of children, that academic intelligence takes priority over creativity, because intelligence and knowledge is what is "actually" important in the eyes of globally for a better future advancements. Academic ability is dominating our view of intelligence, kids think they are not smart because we stigmatized or held back from things they were actually good at was not valued. American companies stigmatize mistakes, by the time children are adults they loose capacity to be creative and make mistakes, adults want to be sure everything they do is correct, not creative.
This was my favorite Tedtalk presentation because i agree with his argument that schools deprive students of what their talents and abilities are just because it is not likely for them to get a job from it. The talent is what the child loves most to do, and instead of helping the talent grow it is being blocked and the focus is on education and intelligence. I learned how different people prospered with their talents after being told they could not be successful, and the presentation was humorous and inspiring to the audience listeners.