Blog post #10

           In Sir Ken Robinson's lecture he discusses the "human resources crisis". He starts out by quoting Jeremy Bentham in saying that there are two types of people in the world. Those who divide the world into two types of people and those who don't. The two types of people that Robinson sees are; people who simply endure life and wait for the weekend to party, and those who enjoy their lives and live with passion. With that being said I believe it's in connection with his next point. He says that education distances people from their natural talents. By this he means that not everyone is meant to be a highly educated individual who will go onto be a professor at Harvard or a speaker at Ted Talks. He tells a story about a fireman he met. He asked how long he's been a fireman and the man said "always. I've always been a fireman". He said he's wanted to be a fireman since he was a kid. His teachers hassled him about it constantly. One particular teacher told him that he was throwing his life away if that's what he chose to do with his life. His teacher said he should go to college, be a professional person, that he had potential and that he was wasting his talents in his pursuit of becoming a fireman. The man said Robinson made him think of that man because he saved his life six months ago along with his wife's from a car wreck using CPR. 

      I think the biggest lesson to take from Robinson's lecture is that education isn't always black and white. Education doesn't always necessarily go hand in hand with success. You don't have to receive your masters degree and then practice what you studied for the rest of your life. Sometimes you have to blend your natural talents in with what the educational system has taught you in order to be not only successful but happy while achieving that success.

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