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media type="custom" key="26617550"Sir Ken Robinson Page The virtual classroom connects to creativity because it allows students to express themselves and to use the devices that they use in their everyday lives. Mr. Robinson was discussing how our education system is outdated and instead of a reform that we need a revolution because how are we going to fix an already broken system. We need to throw out the old system and start fresh. When we go to an everyday classroom setting for the most part, technology use by students is limited. When students leave the classroom/ school and go home they are surrounded by technology. At the beginning of his video he had discussed the use of the watch. I would said that most people do not use a watch. I do not use a watch because I have a cell phone on me at all times and I am 27 years old. Just like he kind of hinted towards, the watch only has one function. Why use a watch with one function when there are other gadgets that have 100’s? I do not agree with him when he stated that college does not start in kindergarten. I think that he was missing the point. Society pushes for all students to go to college and what we, as students, do at the beginning of our academic career will push us into the right or wrong direction. I do however agree with him that education has become standardized but I would also are that there are teachers who try to differentiate or those who would like to differentiate but have a hard time of doing so because there classrooms are overcrowded. I know that I am allowed a max of thirty-one students at a time. Teaching Spanish is hard enough without already over booking my classroom. I also agree that not everyone needs college. We, as a society, push so much for students to go to college and we instill into them that if they don’t go to college then they are worthless. My husband never went to college, hell he never made it past the 6th grade, and he makes more money than I do. Of course, he works in construction and is breaking his back every day, but he likes what he does. I think that there should be more career based schools and maybe, just maybe, we would have less students dropping out and more students following their dreams. I would have to argue also with him that I do believe that we should encourage students to follow their dreams and we should try to strengthen their talents but we should also caution them to be realistic and to have a backup plan. I’d love to open up my own arts and crafts store and sale tutu’s and things that I make but with the market I have to be realistic and stick with what pays the bills. That’s why we have starving artists in the world. I would love to think that we live in a world where we push students to do what makes them happy but we have to weigh out the good and bad.