Sir Ken Robinson

Creativity has also been undermined by left-brained thinking, but were moving to an age where this has to change. Sir Ken Robinson is a remarkable man. You may not know who he is, but you should know why he is so remarkable. His Ted Talk tells the world about how education and schools are ruining creativity and the arts. During his presentation he quoted Picasso by saying "Everyone is born an artist." Now just think about that for a moment and the importance of him saying everyone is born an artist, well why is that not true in today's world? I think mainly because back when those people where in school, left-brained thinking was valued more than right-brained, and that is still happening today. This also relates to one of my other take-aways when Ken Robinson said he went to a school and asked the students if they thought they were an artist and the number of artists went down rapidly as the age got older. I think that's sad that many people think just because they aren't great at drawing means they are not an artist. During his talk Robinson related to the audience with humor and funny comments to make sure they were listening which definitely helped me listen. Like most speakers he almost shouted out his important points, and he would always end with something for the audience to think about. I was amazed by how relaxed on stage he was and how easy it was for him to connect to the audience, but don't forget that he is older than most. He also felt very passionate and confident about what he was telling the audience and that made it even more believable. The part that mattered to me most in the Ted Talk was how he said education is ruining the arts and creativity, because it's true and we need to do something about it. I believe in having well-rounded schools across the United States because if you go only to a STEM school or you only go to an art school, you could be missing out on something you're really good at and enjoy. His message was not to tell people we need more right-brained thinkers than left, but to inform us of the growing problem of the arts slipping right out of our fingertips.
  http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity
Other links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX78iKhInsc
This one by Sir Ken Robinson is about how students and teachers lives revolve around standardized testing and how this is ruining education. Basically his whole speech is on education and the problems we are facing with it.