HOW MISTAKEN THEY ARE

The first thing we have to mention is the importance of the talker: Sir Ken Robinson was from 1998 a member of the British government advisory commitee on creative and cultural education and was knighted in 2003 for his achievements, besides that, he has written several book about education, the last one published in January 2009.

One important issue is that education not only in the UK but in the whole world tries to teach us dogmas and how to work with parameters, in other words society thwarts us and shape us into its own benefit. In a way we are like a squadron of soldiers whose has been teached to be (or tried to be) good in math, language and the other “major” subjects because otherwise we are not going to be able to be someone in life, raise a family, buy our own house, etc.

How mistaken they are!!! society needs (i say need not only the basic for its survival) entertainment, poetry, drama, arts, comedy, sports, etc. etc. etc. and if you want to became an entertainer, a poet, an artist, a comedian, an athlete you are stigmatized and treated as an outlaw.

Here mental illness comes into play. Because of the mental impairment inherent in the condition, the mentally ill are not susceptible to the requirements of society, they are as free as they desire.