Everyone should watch this.

One of the very best TED talks ever.

Sir Ken Robinson explains in the most hilarious and yet moving way how schools deaden the creative urge which is natural in kids.

Why don’t we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it’s because we’ve been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies — far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity — are ignored or even stigmatized, with terrible consequences. “We are educating people out of their creativity,” Robinson says. It’s a message with deep resonance. Robinson’s TEDTalk has been distributed widely around the Web since its release in June 2006. The most popular words framing blog posts on his talk? “Everyone should watch this.”

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The TED site has probably hundreds of videos of amazing talks and Ideas Worth Spreading that have been shared in their conventions over the years. This has been one of them.

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How To Kill

Meanwhile in other news, certifiably paranoid America wins fight for right to wipe itself out in a hail of bullets as US Supreme Court landmark ruling legalises handguns in Washington DC.

Pew pew pew

As George said today at a prayer convention, “It’s only in a place like America — think about it, think about our country for a second — could a life nearly extinguished by hate be restored by love and compassion.” Not in Washington it couldn’t. Someone would pump the body with a few more rounds of lead from a newly lawful handgun to make sure it’s dead.

Evidence for George’s deep understanding of religion and faith:

“How beautiful was that? From being a homeless mother of two to introducing the President of the United States. (Applause.) There has to be a higher power.”

The guy is beyond mad fantasy.

 

 

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