My Thoughts On Sir Robinson's Speech

I just watched a video online with a speech given by a man named Sir Ken Robinson. His speech was entitled "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" For those that want to check out the video presentation here's the link: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
Sir Robinson had a lot of very good points. I beleive he made a very good observation when he stated that the "education system has mined our minds of the commodities it wants". I agree with Sir Robinson on this point. From my experience in school, it did not matter what you thought as a student, it only mattered what the teacher said. Sir Robinson was speaking at an education conference. He identified the three themes of the conference which were human creativity, unpredictability in regaurds to the future, and that children have extrodinary abilities. Sir Robinson spoke about the ability of children to be creative from brith but that the education system teaches them to bridle that creativity. He also gave two points on the hierchy of education which are primary emphasis placed on acedemic ability and that the most useful subjects for an industrial society are placed on top of all other subjects. He lastly spoke about three aspects of intelligence. He said intelligence was diverse, dynamic, and distinct. Overall I found Sir Robinsons speech to be very in formative and insightful. I agree with him on many aspects and I believe with him that children should be encouraged more often to be creative. All educational subjects should carry equal weight in our schools.