With great humor and CREATIVITY, Ken Robinson puts forth an excellent point. Why shouldn't poetry or ballet or band be given as much significance as math or science? The arts have just as much importance as any other subject. At one point in Robinson's speech, he mentions that children are often shut down from hobbies with their parents discouraging them , "Why are you dancing? You won't be a dancer.", but that raises the question: why should we be learning math if we're not going to be mathematicians? A child's creativity is, perhaps, more important than anyone elses', for they have more open minds. Creativity should be allowed and encouraged in all learning environments. For an invention to take place, it takes more than knowledge of science, it takes an idea. Where does that idea derive from, if not a person's creativity? From creativity comes diversity in many forms, and it[creativity] is, after all, what really shapes and continuously recreates our world.
With great humor and CREATIVITY, Ken Robinson puts forth an excellent point. Why shouldn't poetry or ballet or band be given as much significance as math or science? The arts have just as much importance as any other subject. At one point in Robinson's speech, he mentions that children are often shut down from hobbies with their parents discouraging them , "Why are you dancing? You won't be a dancer.", but that raises the question: why should we be learning math if we're not going to be mathematicians? A child's creativity is, perhaps, more important than anyone elses', for they have more open minds. Creativity should be allowed and encouraged in all learning environments. For an invention to take place, it takes more than knowledge of science, it takes an idea. 
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