(First Blog)

Hello, my name is Katelyn Smith and I will be discussing the topic on how school kills creativity. I think my experience with school has been like what Ken Robinson speech was all about. That is, that teachers and the school don't look at the  children's talent, but only at test scores. Some students learn differently than others and taking test doesn't come as easy than it does to other students. But yet we all compare the students the same even if some learn differently, and the students that do not excel as much as other, look dumb or incapable to the school and to teachers. If the school were to just focus on the talents of an individual they will see just how smart and equal everyone is. Ken Robinson tells us, "Kids loose creativity by the time they reach adolescence." This is because the students who are different in school get told they're wrong and it rips the creativity right from them because they're scared of being different. To me and english class with freedom would look like adjusting to everybody's style of learning and let them be creative in their own way without saying they're wrong.