Ted Talk Response #1

I took alot away from Ken Robinsons speech. The way he presented it and the way he showed his passion for the subject of education really shined through. His point was that education needs to change the way we think of intelligence. Its not just being a good mathematician anymore, there are many different talents that we as society, have to acknowledge. He also talked about how we need to embrace imperfections and mistakes because that is what makes humans real. Instead we teach that mistakes are unacceptable. When he talked about the dancer it really pulled me in. Not only because I am a dancer myself and I understand what he is talking about, but I know that there are alot of other kids that do also. He talked about her sitting in the office being scolded for not paying attention, but as soon as the principal and mother left, she turned on the music and couldn't stop dancing. Her true talent was embraced and she is now and very successful dancer. Dancing is my true talent I feel but at school I am forced to think that it is just an extracurricular activity and I need to focus more on getting good grades to get into a good college which is society's version of an accomplished kid. This is not just me that has been told this. Kids who are great at art, music maybe writing poetry are told that's not what you need for your life. I agree with him that we need to change how we view talent.
The way he presented his information was different but effective. He never really moved and he didn't have pictures going on behind him. He just stood and talked to the audience looking around frequently. This gave a very easy going and relatable speech. One that you didn't have to think alot about just simply listen to a real problem that is obvious. He made a lot of jokes as well, this was good in the beginning but by the end it was frustrating because we just wanted to hear about his topic. His speech jumped around alot due to the jokes and that was very annoying. I like his relaxed style and will reflect back on it when I am preparing my own speech.