Standing Ovation: Reading Response 4

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Reading Response 4

In Sir Ken Robinsons video “How School kills Creativity” his main claim is that “creativity is as important in education as literacy.” In school today many teachers think that subjects like math, science, and writing are the most important things to have children learn. Sir Robinson believes that “if you are not prepared to be wrong then you will never come up with anything original” Sir Robinson believes that we are educating kids and not letting them think out of the box, so they become “educated out of their creative capacity.

In my experience I agree strongly with Sir Robinson, I came into elementary school in the fourth grade, from being previously homeschooled. I love to be creative, paint and draw and when I was homeschooled I was able to do that anytime I wanted, maybe even too much! When I went to elementary school many of the other classes were making art projects fairly often but my teacher basically never did that with us, which looking back was such a shame, at that age it’s so important to be able to show your creativity. At any age it’s important to be creative. Many times during teachers boring lectures I find my self doodling and drawing all over my notebook and by the end of class, there are more drawing then actual notes. It’s almost like my mind is bursting with creativity that needs to get out, but with busy classes and schedules I feel that people forget the importance of expressing yourself with creativity. The best artists that I have known are the students who get in trouble, struggle in subjects like math, science and English and skip class. Then when you see what they can do in art class, your amazed by the true talent they have, their minds may not be built for school subjects but I feel like the education systems find that hard to notice. On the other hand of course main subjects are important for success depending on the career choice a person chooses but bringing more creative opportunities give chances for some students to shine and show everyone what unique talent they have. In my opinion being good in school subjects doesn’t always make you smart.

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Welcome to our Eng 100 Blog “Standing Ovation”! The title of this blog refers to the audience of active readers we are creating by sharing our academic writing for Eng 100 with a larger group of students, instructors, academics, and just about anybody who chooses to follow our blog! When you write and post your reader responses here (and, later, as you write your essays for the course), I encourage you to use this audience to conceptualize who you are writing for and, most important, how to communicate your ideas so that this group of academic readers and writers can easily follow your line of thinking. Think about it this way: What do you need to explain and articulate in order for the other bloggers to understand your response to the essays we’ve read in class? What does your audience need to know about those essays and the authors who wrote them? And how can you show your readers, in writing, which ideas you add to these “conversations” that take place in the texts we study?
As students of Eng 100, you will use this blog to begin conversations with other academic writers on campus (students and instructors alike). We become active readers of each other’s writing when we comment on posts here. And, best of all, we are using this space to share ideas! I encourage you to use this blog to further think through the topics and writing strategies you will be introduced to this quarter. As always, be sure to give credit to those people whose ideas you borrow for your own thinking and writing (you should do this in the blog by commenting on their post, but you will also be required to cite what you borrow from your peers/instructors if and when it winds up in your essays. More details on that later).
Finally, keep in mind that writing to and for this audience is a good way to prepare for the panel of readers (faculty at WCC) who will be reading and assessing your writing portfolio at the end of the quarter. I hope that as a large group of active readers, we can better prepare each other for this experience. But, in the meantime, let’s have fun with it!