miércoles, 8 de noviembre de 2017

Do schools kill creativity?

https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity/transcript

Topic sentence: Creativity in education is as importat as literacy

Main ideas:
      -Extraordinary human creativity.
      -Uncertainty about the future.
      -Capacities and talents.

Conclusion: restatement of the thesis and summary 


Opinion Paragraph:

Schools should give more importance to creative subjects. Lately it is becoming more popular the theory of multiple talents or capacities in education. That is a great point against the traditionl way of teaching at schools, which gave a speacil importance to subjects like mathematics, history, grammar... and children were taugh to do things in a determined way, almost automatically.This, appart from killing creativity in kids, provoke frustration in those ones who have another way of understanding or other kind of habilities. Therefore, it is important to promote subjects that favor the development of originality such as painting, music or literature. These  subjects help the students work up their personalities as they offer them an infinite amount of possibilities of doing something which will be extremly usefull for them in a futur when they will have to find a job, because specially nowadays with so much competition, having innovative ideas can make the difference. There are many the benefits in the development of creativity in young people and if society were more concerned about it we would have more cultural richness and people would be happier working on what they really like. Quoting Robin Williams ''Medicine, law, business, engineering: these are nobel pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance...these are what we stay alive for.''


Opinion Paragraph

The goverment should create more green spaces in cities. Nowadays the number of buildings in big cities has  increased considerably. One of the most important consequences of this, is the lost of biodiversity , as well as the the rise of pollution.Caused by the wastes of the construction process  and the amount of energy used in it. As a result, I consider that citizens should ask for the creation of more green spaces in their cities or  towns, because in addition to being charming and relaxing sites, where they can disconnect from city strife it is demonstrated that plants can help reducing the amount of pollution. So If we had more green spaces we could have nicer views and enjoy the benefits of plants.


Descriptive paragraph

My favourite place to  study is my bedroom which is located in the attic, so it is a large and  quiet place where I can easily concentrate.The only downside is the temperature, which is very high during summer and almost freezing during winter.  There is also a big window right  behind my desk, so the luminosity is perfect. The walls are painted in pastel colors and full of posters. On the left wall there are three venetian masks while on the right wall there is a wooden clock. The ceiling of the bedroom is white and there is a hanging lamp in the middle of it, just above my bed. At the background, there are a big dark wooden wardrove and a shelf where I have some of my favourite books. I specially love working in my bedroom on rainy days when i  can hear  the water falling just above me, I find it very relaxing.

Outline

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