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TED Talks: Sir Ken Robinson vs. Adora Svitak

Sir Ken Robinson speaks at TED and makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity over rote education:

“Academic ability has come to dominate our view of intelligence. …and the consequence is that many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they’re not because the thing they were good at at school wasn’t valued or was actually stigmatized. And I think we can’t afford to go on that way.”


…and Adora Svitak talks about abolishing “childish” as an age-discriminatory word that is used to describe irrational thinking:

“Adults seem to have a prevalently restrictive attitude towards kids. … Adults often underestimate kids’ abilities. …But there’s a problem with this rosy picture of kids being so much better than adults – kids grow up and become adults just like you. Or, just like you, really? The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but, rather, better adults than you have been. … No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away. Adults and fellow TEDsters, you need to listen and learn from kids and trust us and expect more from us.”

Jake Shimabukuro Makes Me Want to Uke : #TED

TED 2010 is happening right now in California. When I first saw that “ukelele virtuoso” Jake Shimabukuro was on the program, I was surprised. After seeing a few of his performances, however, I completely see why he not only was selected for TED, but also made the list for CNN’s “Ten big ideas from TED”. Here’s a YouTube video of Jake performing Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody at Anthology in San Diego:

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