Blogpost #10

What can we learn from Sir Ken Robinson?
When I watched Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the Learning Revolution I realized that I am going to school for the right profession. His lecture was very relatable and he was funny while he got his point across. He makes very accurate points towards todays generation. Robinson states that education needs to be reformed entirely and to do that we need to start brand new. Since we cannot start brand new, he says that we need to create new ways for education.
Sir Ken Robinson states that "humans make very poor use of our talents. Many people go through their lives have no real sense of what their talents may be or if they have any real talents at all." I completely agree with this because most people in today's world are not motivated and driven enough to find out what they are good at doing and they just settle for whatever is right in front of their face. I am not like this at all, I said that watching this lecture made me realize that I am in college for the right profession because Robinson explains that "If you're doing the thing that you love then time will take a different course entirely. If you're doing something you love, an hour feels like 5 minutes." This is called Passion. He defines passion as something that excites our soul and that it is different in every person. Whenever I go into the schools for my field service hours, this is what it feels like. The time goes by so fast for me because I am doing what I love, and that is helping children learn. Being in the schools has also opened my eyes to the teachers who really do not enjoy their job. If they do not enjoy teaching students what they need to learn and be successful then they are just waiting on the weekend to come around again. This is the kind of people that Robinson is talking about in his lecture. If they do not enjoy teaching then they need to find their talent and something that they like to do and stop holding the kids back from fully learning what they need to.
This lecture was my favorite lecture I have watched in this class so far. I have never been able to relate to a lecture so much until this one. I hope Robinsons lecture made some people realize that they need to do what makes them happy and figure out what their talents are. My talent is teaching!