Sir Ken Robinson

SIR Ken Robinson's speech that was shown on Wednesday was very thought provoking for me. There were times that did seem like he dragged a joke too long(not that I know the feeling........>_>) . SIR Ken went on to say that most people are not doing what they love. Most are just getting by through life. The reason for this can be seen in the way we get educated. Now this subject resonated with me quite a bit seeing as I am a product of the LAUSD school system(possibly the worse school system in the country). My high school had a 50% drop out rate at the time I graduated. Most of my pals did not walk the stage. Yet as I was in high school I saw that the both sides were at fault. the kids did not want to learn and the schools did not want to teach. This is what is at fault for people not reaching their potential. I was one of those. I went through ALL of HS not knowing what I was going to do. No one motivated me, no one pushed me, and no one cared. It was only until I was in community college that I was finally able to discover what I wanted and not what I had to do to survive. It is all about finding your passion and following through it. Yet as I look back I can see that I had a fault in it as well. I graduated with the most minimal effort as possible. Now years have past and I have tried to change for the better. It's unfortunate that there are kids that will go through what I experienced but with informing ourselves now can we change the future.

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