While watching the first Ken Robinson video I was struck by how many obstacles in our educational system there are in order to make allow students to be creative. The first obstacle is an obvious one- Money. Schools do not have the funding that will allow them to nurture and build the creativity that children have. Many schools are cutting art and music programs that are made to help students be creative. This is a direct result of the testing procedures we have in schools that were created by No Child Left Behind. Teachers would love to allow students to be creative and explore their education but right now that is not possible. No Child Left behind (NCLB) has created this idea that Sir Ken talked about that students are afraid to be wrong. I want to add to that, not only are students scared to be wrong but teachers are scared to have their students be wrong. This has made for all creativity to be put on the “back burner”, and has created what look like factories that pump out students. Teachers are held accountable and fear that allowing students to be creative will be a waste of time that they could be teaching math or literacy. So until NCLB is not the law of the land anymore you will see that creativity will continue to suffer and the “saturation” that Sir Ken talked about will continue to happen and degrees will be equivalent to high school diplomas.
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