Ken Robinson - The Element

[@thehomeblues]

This is the most important message of our time. Thank you Ken, for the book, the lectures and the effort you make to spread your ideas.

[@idleboy1959]

This man is a gifted communicator - we need more like him.

[@creedwire]

there must be a Ken Robinson in every country.... this is the revolution we need...

[@samauto69]

He is brilliant, I could listen to him all day ...... and as others says his humour is absolutely brilliant

[@HIGHLANDER_ONLY_ONE]

I love Sir Robinson's delivery. If only teachers and professors made learning so much fun, and with his phylosophy, the world would be a better place, because people would LOVE learning, and then they'll LOVE their jobs 😊

[@nickijacko1]

It's because of you Sir Ken that I stopped working in email marketing and started university to study Equine Science at the age of 27. I could never thank you enough...

[@jackielawlor5986]

There is so much to love about this keynote. I completely agree about education being to linear and eliminating creativity. I love Kens humour and of the many quoteable bits "its not enough to be good at something, its about finding the thing that resonates with you most fully" and "Its that point, the point at which natural talent meets a passion". Fab stuff!

[@renehenriksen1735]

Very true. Often these people creating the educationalsystem don´t value creativity at all. Yet they´d not live without television or a trip to the circus or a trip to exotic places...

[@saeidmomtahan]

@MrOnairos I agree and wish you good luck in your quest for a better future. With greetings from Iran

[@karped8321]

Sir Ken is a very wise man.

[@19dec1981]

what a book! one of the greatest books i've ever read. life changing. thank you sir!

[@heather65459]

I love what he says about people doing something they are good at, but don't really love. All kinds of people assume that if we are really good at something we must love it. It's so untrue. I'm tremendously good at a few things that other people think I love, two of which I truly despise. I do them only because I'm good at them. Such a great piece of knowledge to impart on the world.

[@RobertWoottonNo1]

The Fireman story resonates with me. My daughter alway wanted to be a nurse. A teacher told her she was too stupid, not clever enough. After many dead end jobs she did a nursing degree and qualified at the age of 45.

[@febskells8290]

i love sir ken's vision for a better world.

[@renehenriksen1735]

He has certainly put more thought into it than most people. If educationalpolitics was made for the sake and security for people then many things would be better and Sir Ken would be elected immediately.

[@TheBassHeavy]

Ken Robinson has completely changed my whole thought process about massive number of things. A truly inspirational man! - Ben Potts, Music Student

[@WrikSen]

I am in love with the way this man thinks.. I so envy the channel of of thought Sir Ken has!

[@sooraj3347]

Just bought the book while listening. Have been thinking about it for a while now. Excited!!

[@loopyanddroopy]

Same happen to me I was classically trained on piano from early age got all my grades in piano went to music university etc etc....I'm now forty something and don't play a note nor have a piano.....because I have no passion nor care for it , I basically realised it was my fathers dream and not mine

[@tehbakedpotato]

"The problem for human beings is often not that we aim too high and fail, it's that we aim too low and succeed."

[@freeman47]

"its not about about standardizing but about raising the standard"..very good point

[@DanDare2050]

The Element = Natural Talent + Passion. Yeah. I remember doing things many years ago that I was talented at but didn't really like. I coined a phrase for this, "The Tyranny of Talent", and I think Sir Ken just affirmed that it is a real thing.

[@ktaylorrees]

I love what i do - I have since i was a child. I am 50 now, and I will always love what I do. It's BECAUSE I love it that I've become good at it. I was not a natural at first.

[@myubisonlineclass7360]

Matching talent and passion is the secret of your own fulfillment

[@AlrebeccaBarenboum]

Ken Robinson Is Great!!!!!!! Thank You!!!!!

[@Ullghoirt]

I read the book and it is so heavily underlined and now annotated by me that I feel I could recite the entire book. It is a must read for anyone who feels that their day job is leaving them unfulfilled.

[@CinereousDove]

If you manage to own enough to carry you through the day by doing what you´re passionate about, you have already succeeded.

[@agatahalford8260]

love his sense of humor, and intelligence at the same time

[@dania7124]

I believe it should be, that people should do what they're interested in. I'm interested in English (because I can write about interesting things) but I'm not a naturally good writer - I have to work hard at it. I believe being good at something, comes hand in hand with caring and being interested in it.

[@GeraldineBracken73]

Love this guy, his delivery is brilliant

[@logangomez4475]

Listening to this guy and learning all weekend.

[@bookconsumption]

I just finished The Element! Fantastic!

[@barbaraconnett5057]

I really liked, Mr. Roberson, I’m sorry your gone, what a loss to us!

[@amymartin7236]

Amazing, inspiring man! Thank you! XXX

[@teletranoats7491]

Sir Ken Robinson doesn´t deserve to be listened by a dead audience like that !!! Thumbs up if you agree

[@shahmi94]

personalities are build with aging, it doesnt came as a package when we are born. thus personality can be build, and most importantly people can change if we give them the right condition. if a person doesnt have passionate personality they should get it, fast. it is a positive changes so there is no point of saying its bad to change. for me, it is just people like you how are too comfort with the current system, that lose your ability to think different, will be Sir Ken's biggest rival.

[@emank8137]

love this man's sense of humour!

[@MirzaYawarBaig]

Just bought the book and look forward to reading it soon.

[@ZeppinnEU]

+Mirza Yawar Baig thoughts on it?

[@kravenmoorehead3824]

+Zeppin Never got around to reading it…. The true problem with education. lol

[@ZeppinnEU]

Kraven Moorehead ah yea. discipline.. that's a bitch :p

[@kravenmoorehead3824]

Zeppin lol no doubt. I agree with Robinson, that schools fail kids, but most kids just fail school. The schools are only responsible for failing the kids that pass.

[@saeidmomtahan]

@MrOnairos It's Ok if it takes decades for it to work, isn't it? I mean a formal education takes decades to work also, and sometimes in the end, it doesn't even work. I was educated as an engineer. After a year and a half gave it up and became a photographer. Now after 20 years of doing that i'm looking for the next thing to do. I think the idea should be that the search must never stop. Whether it be for knowledge, new experiences, new skills, ideas, and ways to contribute.TNX for ur insight

[@JosuVaquerizo]

This video is really great, thanks for uploading it! Ken Robinson is a legend!

[@theoyanto]

brilliant!! thanks very much

[@rmaxwell-long5394]

He is a brilliant communicator. I would like to him to have immense influence over American Education. Perhaps a presidential appointment?

[@Melusi47]

Talk by Sir Ken Robinson

[@genedide4286]

Passion is by all means the best of humanity and it's drive. But we will not find many people who say they are have a passion for farming. Many want careers in the arts which are easy to express passion but the latent consequence is lack not enough passionate farmers. The market is ungodly.

[@Suezy89]

I believe people nowadays do have passion for growing food..

[@teachtheteacher2537]

Such a good video, i'll share with everyone i think it will help.

[@tmrogersjr]

Powerful stuff on finding your unique talents

[@Patiste96]

Understand now why England loss to education is America's gain. I really must try harder. Thank you Ken !

[@bcac94]

i have been in so much pain because all the bits that i carry that are not mine. and yet i cannot get rid of them quite yet, unless i run away from home!

[@hacccper]

If you keep your head inside all the boxes you probably wont get this. It's about a lot of things, it's not about finding the right teachers, it's about renewing the system of education completely for the needs of the individual rather than for the needs of industrialism.

[@Mickereeno]

Brilliant, funny and down to earth.

[@DmanEyes]

He so eloquently describes all the reasons why I wanted to become a teacher and have a passion for education - but sadly, also the reasons why I left education rather than bang my head against the system for the rest of my life. :-(

[@twofivesforatenor]

Thank you Sir Ken

[@TheChrizzz]

I recommend people start with educating yourself about the difference between the systems; I recommend this video which explains the difference between Monarchy, Oligarchy, Democracy, Republic and Anarchy - do a youtube search for democracy versus republic. I agree with that video stating that Republic is the best form, it holds stable even though personnel within government shifts. The missing ingredient is stricter regulation on who can add/remove or change the Republic rules.

[@misc.9422]

My husband and I are teachers who plan to open a charter school based in Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of education. If you haven’t heard of her, I encourage you to look her up. Our school will also be a farm school. Reform begins with the individual.

[@renehenriksen1735]

If we could have a world were everyone loved their job and everything about life we would have accomplished a lot. But unfortunately things aren´t lke that.

[@ADOG51412]

This point isnt countering what he is saying. His lecture is about the educational system failing its students and that we should explore different and more beneficial ways of educating our youth.

[@garyhargrove7743]

René Henriksen +

[@Eulereturns]

I love this guy!!!!!!!!

[@prof.dr.evonebotros3485]

Amazing work

[@christinalin1133]

The Queen should Knight him as Sir Ken, a champion to transform via education in his paradigm shifting beliefs that single parents & educators in high crime neighborhoods can implement in their raising at risk youths to become leaders of their community. Once the sons and daughters of the rich & powerful also catch this vision in their hearts and wallets, the world will be as safe as more children are engaged in their passionate learning with less money spent to fund over crowded prison system and more left to fund education!!!

[@markchatel]

Can we change the wole educational system to achieve Sir Ken Robinson's vision? I'm on board!

[@NROS2012]

Simple: Love teaching.

[@Kiansi1]

Spot On!

[@Rusty_Shackleford137]

truly inspirational

[@moon4647]

I agree with you. I think structure is very important even thought I realize that there are not one way to accomplish a thing, I personally believe that education is like going to the shrink, sometimes a psychologist would tell you that there is something wrong with your childhood to "treat" your current condition. In away its focuses your energy and attention toward something you want to work on will you ignore other stuff.

[@stoneageman18]

this guy is a great speaker

[@MrOnairos]

@saeidmomtahan Yes...an education system in which schools are more of a place for discovery and of becoming our best selves rather than just cramming in knowledge of the past, and instilling positive values that last a lifetime. Schools where you learn that life isn't exactly a step by step process and that you don't necessarily have to do one career forever.

[@MrOnairos]

@saeidmomtahan The general idea is to create a new system that creates situations in which children can discover their talents and perhaps their passion. It would be non-linear, and the child can leave whenever he or she wishes, but the goal is to instill the values and have an environment where the child can grow into his or her true self, and using his or her talents and passion to contribute to society in his or her own way. Highly experimental, will likely take decades of work.

[@MrBel23]

Ken, I think you may like too see my you tube, when I get around to finishing it- my element is too 'fix the system'. I would've liked my speech/talk completed by end March. Now, I hope and wish to nail this before this month over, April 2013. It will be called "UMBRELLA WOMAN IN 2013...." I'm umbrella woman. It right up your ally. And thanks for your informative words like chocolate they make you feel and think, just right.

[@eirhjien]

Have to agree with some of his major points. I wish i could go back to every teacher who told me drawing was bad, "bitches, i support my family through art!"

[@Mayerling52]

love his views!

[@duchessofpercy]

If I could ask Mr. Robinson one question it woudl be...how can one become a great teacher?

[@callparo]

You are are my greatest mentor! My grandson knew everything in kindergarten but wasn't interested in raising his hands or sharing his thoughts. Teacher recommended he was held back. Duh! If it didn't work the first time, why would we do it again? Then in the 2nd grade, a school suggested a dr who wanted to put him on Vyvanse; a form of amphetamine . Regarding prisons, prisons are Big Money! Plz revolutionize the prison system as well! lol! It is their goal to increase the inmates not decrease!

[@DAVECBAKE]

Where was he when I was in school

[@GeorgiySlobodenyuk]

Oh I love this.

[@HenkJanBakker]

I just pre-ordered the dutch edition of the book..before watching this video actually.

[@PheanSophoan]

Find your element!

[@brookeworm97]

May I ask you what your personal element is that you found?

[@duchessofpercy]

I totally was the Bart Conner story. I was a high school gymnast when Bart Conner was competing. Between Bart Conner and Kurt Thomas I wanted ot be an Olympic Gymnast:)

[@BWpepperr]

That's because: 1) you haven't found what you truly love to do or 2) do not have the means( time & money) to pursue it to higher and higher levels.

[@bananian]

Lol, the talking cats video is on the side of this video!

[@laserpig]

@bex271 he's saying that NOTHING "always works." there are no blanket solutions, at least not in education. because education is so dependent on the individual teachers and individual students, it is inherently impossible to create a formula which works in all cases.

[@duchessofpercy]

Gracias :)

[@15100niko]

I think that Anarchy(true anarchy), is the best organization structure that we can reach, at least for now. May be I`m wrong, thats what i think. May be, democracy is the best we can have, i disagree with that, i may be wrong, but its what i think its the bets

[@saeidmomtahan]

@MrOnairos What do you have in mind?

[@sfar024]

Makes me realise that I neither love nor hate my job. This challenges my passion and commitment...I'm qualified, competent but honestly bored. Can you find passion in the job or would new passions need to be discovered?

[@connerburkholder9938]

Exactly.

[@renechawy]

As a accidental university teacher, really inspire me to commit my love to education.

[@kayamo]

Yes, what if? Can't think of an example.

[@72Yonatan]

"It is not about standardizing..." - I think this is the main point and it is one that was missed by whoever cooked up the so-called common core idea.

[@kravenmoorehead3824]

+72Yonatan whoa careful man. The internet is full of leftists just waiting to jump on opponents of their religion.

[@72Yonatan]

+Kraven Moorehead - Your comment only makes sense if you are assuming that liberalism is the new religion of the left, intended to replace whatever came before.

[@kravenmoorehead3824]

72Yonatan well, your comment only makes sense if you intended to use the modern connotation of "liberalism", also known as progressivism, statism, authoritarianism. I prefer those terms, because liberalism in its original sense described Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Ayne Rand and even Alexander Hamilton to an extent, not Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Barrack Obama, or Elizabeth Warren. If you did, the answer to your interrogative statement is, yes.

[@72Yonatan]

Kraven Moorehead - I will agree with your classification adjustments entirely. What being liberal once meant has no connection to the current corporate authoritarianism that we live under. And that is just the tip of the iceberg of evil that they do. I am not familiar with Elizabeth Warren but will try to investigate her. We get news about all the others here in Israel, although far less than what you must be inundated with there. Brave New World and 1984 have unfortunately arrived and are functioning, and they are our worst nightmare and certainly nothing that Jefferson would have recognized. It all started off so well, I am in shock at what has happened. And our educational system has kept us all in the dark. The crimes committed by the government against its own citizens go under various guises. But something is wrong with a society that locks up so many people. Prisons as a business are not what they were intended to be originally. And there are so many other issues. Heaven help us to defeat all this evil.

[@twistandshoutUK]

It's not for everyone. Vespahistory - you are clearly being led by your Lizard brain. It's natural to be scared of taking responsibility for yourself. The rest of us will need people like you to do the jobs we don't want to do. For that we thank you.

[@bex271]

someone please explain- 38:00 "in order for it to be something which always works it wouldn't work"

[@alittlemoreoutdoor]

Yes, Ken!!

[@freakman707]

zero dislikes... no wonder

[@WoundedEgo]

The first half of this was great but in the second half it gets awesome and dangerous.

[@brookeworm97]

What are examples of someone's element that they found?

[@thesincerenet]

@bananian where? :(

[@MrPajf]

He could do stand-up.

[@vespahistory]

Sure, some kids will be freakishly talented, most of us aren't. Most of us cannot make money off our passions, but we can make a decent happy life off our abilities. Find your passion, success might follow.

[@MrOnairos]

@saeidmomtahan But I believe that it will happen sooner or later, and if I am to be a stepping stone in creating/discovering a new and better way to educate our children, then so be it. I shall gladly leave that legacy in the hopes that I will have worked for and contributed to the highest good of all, and not just for myself.

[@danthadon87]

hey its wayne's butler from batman!

[@valerykonovalov5506]

Interesting!

[@MrOnairos]

@saeidmomtahan Thank you! :)

[@gamulea]

And what do you guess would be his answer?

[@venetiadarius6220]

What if you are not good at anything ?