Quotes

We watched a ted talk video and talked further about a few quotes from the show. This is what we said. The text in pink was the question and in red was our answers!

a)
Robinson says “If you think of it, children starting school this year will be retiring in 2065. Nobody has a clue - despite all the expertise that´s been on the parade for the past four years´ time. And yet we´re meant to be educating them for it. “ How can education prepare children for the future?

More creative, knowledge about the future, help working on their intelligence (Pl)

Life is unexpected, maybe education helps with preparing (Bl)

Preparing them for learning everything, basic about every subject. Expanding their knowledge about it an innovating (Sp)

Preparation for the adult life (Pl)

Preparing for the future, but not everything, in Sweden there is like cooking class but not in Poland for example. (pl)

 

b)

Robinson says “My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” Do you agree? Why? Why not?

It’s important but not that important, not everyone likes math and not everyone likes to dance. (pl)

Many time society tell us what to do rather than letting us use our own ideas. It’s often you complain when you have a problem instead of using your creative side. Without creative it would be no innovation. (bl)

Creativity is the key of innovation And we like new things coming up, so yes, it should be as important as literacy (sp)

I think it is good to have a creative part in your education because it maybe it can help with your concentration and help you more in life, like solving a problem or coming up with an idea (Sw)

Agree, not so much as education, but even if we got problem in the future life, with jobs for example, we can use our creativity to make our on business. (pl)

c)

Robinson argues that “if you´re not prepared to be wrong, you´ll never come up with anything original”. Can you illustrate Robinson´s opinion with an example?

We just don't have to be afraid to be wrong. This is something normal and at this way we learn from our mistakes and get smarter, better and we have more experience...you just can't succeed if you don't try new things and if you are not prepared for the fail because not everything in life is perfect but we must continue trying despite our mistakes

d)

According to Robinson “the whole purpose of public education throughout the world is to produce university professors.” Do you agree? What should the purpose of public education be?

Maybe they learn us to think, but only in one point of view...we just don't use our creativity and our qualities to make our own decisions and to solve our problems...what is more we mainly use like only two types of learning-writing and reading but it is really important to learn also visual, kinesthetic and auditory

e)

Robinson says that “Suddenly, degrees aren´t worth anything. Isn´t that true? When I was a student, if you had a degree, you had a job. If you didn´t had a job it´s because you didn´t want one…… But now kids with degrees are often heading home to carry on playing video games, because you need an MA where the previous job required a BA and now you need a PhD for the other.” Is this important nowadays?

These days university degree is so important so that you can find a well-paid job, but in the history there are so many famous people who invented incredible things and they even didn't have a university degree so this is an example that you can succeed even without degree. But it is important to study in university because only a few people can succeed and never been in university. These days employers need to have a degree if they want to work.