You were probably steered benignly away from things at school when you were a kid - things you liked - on the grounds that you would never get a job doing that. Is that right? Donโt do music. Youโre not going to be a musician. Donโt do art. You're not going to be an artist - benign advice, now profoundly mistaken.
Ken RobinsonIf you sit kids down, hour after hour, doing low-grade clerical work, don't be surprised if they start to fidget. Children are not, for the most part, suffering from a psychological condition, they're suffering from childhood.
Ken RobinsonHuman intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education.
Ken RobinsonMy contention is, all kids have tremendous talents. And we squander them, pretty ruthlessly.
Ken RobinsonThe answer is not to standardize education, but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each child and community. There is no alternative. There never was.
Ken RobinsonOne of the strongest signs of being in the zone is a sense of freedom and of authenticity. When we are doing something that we love and are naturally good at, we are much more likely to feel centered in our true sense of self - to be who we feel we truly are. When we are in our Element, we feel we are doing what we are meant to be doing and being who we're meant to be.
Ken Robinson