Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the Revolution Blog

 

          Ken Robinson mentioned at the end of his speach treading softly, becasue you are treading are your children's dreams. I find this interesting and quite true. Children tend to express themselves and what they want. They aren't shy about saying what they enjoy to do. At this critical age they are confiding in adults, not just their parents. Childrent also confide in their teachers. As Robinson mentioned in his speach, a child shared with his teacher that he wanted to be a firefighter. The teacher, rather than encouraging the child, discouraged him by saying he ought to go to college and get a degree. He told the child he was wasting his time. This is not okay. Teachers need to encourage childrent to pursue their dreams. If a child gets discouraged they can end up losing motivation, which could greatly affect their life. It is ironic that later on in that child's life he ended up becoming a firefighter and saved his teacher's life, along with his wife. This just shows me that children are meant to pursue what they want to do. They need to follow their passion. Robinson also talked about passion, and how it affects one's view of time. People who work on things that relate to their passon tend to spend countless hours working fully motivated. People who work on things they dislike, on the other hand, can barely stand a few minutes of work. It is important that children get a career that is in line with what they are passionate about so they can work wholeheartedly. The bottom is that adults need to be cautious when dealing with children because how they treat their dreams will affect the child's life.