New Edumicationalistic Thinkings

I know nothing of this website or this guy other than this video. He may be crazy. I doubt it though.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

It would be nice to see the fundamentals of the education system change on a level that can allow for more flexibility not only in curriculum but in purpose.

This would be a fun topic to kick-around the table for a while.

Fear, Hope, Change...Motivation for the Proletariat

I would like to see people restrain themselves from using Armageddon-laced rhetoric when discussing (or even promoting) political and/or socioeconomic issues. People from all over the political spectrum have all demonstrated the ability to motivate and generate support for their point of view based on simple fear as opposed to complicated thinking. Until people shelve their arrogance and accept that emotional passion cannot be a lasting replacement for thoughtful rationality, they will rely on the ever-popular and ever-effective method of generating fear.

The Terrorists are not going to destroy us and the world will not be inhospitable for humans for a long, long time to come. I'm not trying to be too profound here (I'll save that for another day), but while it's fresh in my mind, I just wanted to throw it out there - elaboration to follow - that the world is in much better shape than those who politically "motivate" other people believe.