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This is a great talk on creativity and education system. A must watch. Here are some of the notes of what he says and what I think.

In this video, Sir Ken Robinson talks about why we need to rethink our traditional education system. He says that there are some common issues in every education system. According to him industrialization is one of the core reasons for structural changes in public education systems. And I think that is why our education system is driven by what is more important for the industry than what is for children and future of mankind. Hence subjects like mathematics/science are at the top and arts and humanity at the bottom. Certainly not every field in education earns the same amount of income. But that does not mean that education should leave less earning but creative subjects out. Mathematics and science are very important, but I think arts and humanity is important as well. If it’s just all the brain we focus on what will happen to human values?

Sir Ken Robinson talks about how children are not afraid to make mistakes and as they grow they lose this ability. It is also a part of education system that creates this fear, snatching away the opportunities to foster creativity. He says that we should be prepared to be wrong and that’s the only way we can come up with original ideas.

We all know that every child is special and hence we should let children explore their own abilities and and let them do what they enjoy the most (of course not anything bad). Then there are trends in societies that parents think their children should be diverse so they send their children to learn music or painting even if they might not be as interested in them as in playing games. So what is important for parents and the education system is to provide a platform for children where they can not just learn subjects but explore them through creativity and find what they enjoy the most. And one thing is for sure that if you can do what you enjoy the most you will become really good at it.

Another good point he makes is that because of the way education systems work many talented, brilliant and creative people think they are not. And I think that is really sad.

I am a member of the same team of Aces who have already given some impressive and shocking intros! I was one of those people who didn’t care about the final marks but still worried about it. And always being distracted by my ideas I would read for exams on the last days or in some cases last hours. I have a record of never finishing writing all the answers that I knew in the exams. I was jobless when I finished engineering, but one thing I never gave up was programming and designing in flash. And thanks to that I got a contract job in a company for a huge flash based project. I loved that project because it required not just the programming skills, but also creativity and imagination. It also taught me leadership, management and communication skills. And right now the same flash experience is helping me manage my expenses while studying.

When I was in school I wanted to be a scientist and i was planning to write a book about my inventions at that time. Later I decided to become a doctor for it is the most noble profession and I thought I could serve people. But I got admission into Computer Engineering instead (because I missed by one mark) where I met my best friends and my lovely life partner. However, I ended up becoming an artist when I realized what I should be doing with my skills, what job will be more fun and what will help me do what I want to do in life. Over the time, I have found that I love working on anything that has a scope of creativity and imagination. It can be a software program (especially GUI/Architecture) or music or animation or a mathematics problem. I chose animation not just because it’s magical and cool by itself, but also because I know it will teach me what I need to learn in life and it will help me open up my imagination to understand not just myself but others as well.

My ultimate goal in life is to conquer my mind.

Oh! I just realized today is 08-08-08. And the time right now is 08:08:08 pm (EDT)

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We are a group of friends sharing a passion to make a difference in the world. The journey that started during our college days has brought us to a place where we feel the desire to do something as a team. Our minds are filled with ideas that need a platform to express themselves and hence this website.

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