Ken Robinson Response

How has your education affected your relationship with creativity?

I've found that I always enjoyed making art on my own rather than in school. I've had art teachers that that come across very full of themselves and tell you, you have to do everything their way or its wrong. I also feel like I have more room to experiment and teach myself new things creativly when I'm making art outside of school. Even though art classes are meant to be creative there are still a lot of limitations as far as what you're supposed to make, mediums you have to use, and project requirements you have to stick to.

I've definitely been told that I shouldn't pursue art and should take classes in something more practical, which is frustrating at times but I try to ignore it.

I have always wanted to make art since I was really little and I remember in school during recess I would often want to stay inside and draw rather than playing with the other kids. My teachers always made me stop and go play with everyone instead.

Overall I think school affecting my relationship with creativity always depended on the teachers I had and how the class was run. Ive had some teachers that were very encouraging of the students experimenting, learning, and developing themselves as unique artists, which was fantastic; and I've had teachers that want students to follow a strict guidline and to make everything in a certain way, and don't allow for alternative ways of doing projects. I always find those classes to be unenjoyable and restrictive. The projects beome more of a grade or chore rather than a piece of art to me.