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• Kate James // Mar 28, 2008 at 9:24 am

  Fabulous! Thanks for sharing this…completely agree with his thoughts about creativity.

• Justin McMurray // Mar 28, 2008 at 9:34 am

  Aah, Kate. Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is indeed brilliant and inspiring. I suspect that Robinson’s views will be the accepted position… in about 50 years. What a visionary.

• Nathan // Mar 28, 2008 at 9:36 am

  Nice one Kate. Hits a chord. So how do we help children (and adults) find that thing that feeds their soul. What would have happened to that girl if someone hadn’t recognised she was a dancer?

  Keep it up!
  Nathan

• Ali Griffin // Mar 28, 2008 at 9:48 am

  So inspring and eye opening, moving, and funny… and brought tears to my eyes. A must see for eveybody. thank you DF.

• Sally McDonald // Mar 28, 2008 at 10:40 am

  I loved this Kate……………..it hits all the nails on the head for me! Thankyou for sharing it.

• Kitty Nghiem // Mar 28, 2008 at 11:57 am

  Thanks for passing this on to us Kate. I thought that it was amazing. I was actually looking for a ‘Pass it On’ button to send this to a friend but couldn’t find one so I just wanted to suggest it…

• Sarah // Mar 28, 2008 at 12:35 pm

  This was both wonderful and painful to watch…wonderful because Ken is so, so right, and painful because I strongly identified with much of what he said…especially the “you can’t do that, you’ll never get a job out of it” bit.

  If I could offer one piece of advice it would be this: never, ever listen to anyone (no matter how close or how well meaning) who tells you not to do what you love for any reason.

• Elle // Mar 28, 2008 at 2:29 pm

  Thanks for the video. Its really true. Im a lecturer of design and I spend my time ‘uneducating’ tertiary students. I have to practically force them let themselves be creative instead of trying to find the ‘right’ way to design something! I live in hope though that the future will recognise creativity as precious instead of trying to drum it out of students.

• mel monteith // Mar 28, 2008 at 10:33 pm

  How awesome to hear such things from a (clearly!) highly intellectual man and delivered in such a watchable funny way whilst also remaining true to the fact that its a very Real and important topic…Thanks for popping it on your website, Ill be passing this one on! :-)

• ildiko kerek // Apr 2, 2008 at 6:58 am

  Extremely accurate, insightful & very depressing. Also the reason I as a music teacher can’t teach in mainstream education any more as I feel utterly stiffled & like I’m jumping through non-sensical hoops & backing the wrong side. Schools attempt 2 train us 2 be linear thinkers, particularly secondary schools, & to be good little worker ants. The system is failing so many people….I truly hope it improves… :(

• Phil // Apr 7, 2008 at 1:54 pm

  Thanks for sharing this with us Kate, you’re a good one!! It puts into words what I have tried (cryptically) to explain in one of my peace building ideas on http://www.farishde.com/wwoarrr.html . Salamgdayshalom. Phil from farishde.com

• Libby // Apr 8, 2008 at 4:21 pm

  I loved this…being a teacher in mainstream schools it really hit home. Like Ildiko I’m struggling in the mainstream - but I am hesitant to abandon it - as someone has to try and make that difference.

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