Sir Ken Robinson is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources. According to Sir Ken, everyone has had an interesting education.  In this talk he states, “creativity is as important as literacy and we should treat it with the same status” and goes on to encourage us to be wrong. He argues that today’s educational system discourages people from taking chances. What would a learning environment look like that encouraged risk without penalty for mistakes?

Do you think we spend an excessive amount of time focusing education on our heads (slightly to one side)? (See the video at 9mins 20.) Is there value in learning dance, music, drawing, creative writing, etc. as well as math?