By Mathew Needleman

Did You Know?
When I first watched the Did You Know? 3.0- A John Strange Version 2012 I didn’t know what to expect. Then all these facts were bouncing out at me, such as 25% of India with the highest IQ’s outnumbers the U.S. and that the lessons a student majoring in technology learned his/her first year would be out of date by his/her third year. That there is going to be more Chinese speaking English than the entire population of the U.S. That on average some people will have 10-14 jobs and the top 10 jobs won’t exist anymore. This video gets a girl to thinking that there is so much out there not just technology wise, but as resources and we need to utilize our resources in order to strive. We don’t want people to have more than a few jobs, but having 10-14 is absolutely outrageous. I guess you would be lucky to be able to hold down one job, and live comfortably, in this economy. Not only that, but the top 10 jobs will not exist in a 2022. This means that we have a lot of jobs that haven’t even be created yet.

Mr. Winkle Wakes:

I started to watch Mr. Winkles Wakes by Mathew Needleman and there was a familiar feeling between Mr. Winkle and me. We wake up one morning after a long slumber, and we notice everything is different. Everything is new and altered. Our hair doesn’t look the same, our face doesn’t look the same, and outside doesn’t look the same. We have two completely different reasons though mine is because I had a baby, and his is because he fell asleep for 100 years.

Mr. Winkle fell asleep and awoke 100 years later to find computers, skype, lasers, tall buildings, and more. He didn’t understand what was going on because everything was new, but the one thing that stayed the same was school. Even though the lessons were taught differently, the teachers were still teaching and students were still learning. Even though our world is advancing so dramatically with technology the one thing that will stay the same is school. Our students are what make’s our world spin round and help it make more advances to make it cleaner and more efficient.

Ken Robinson
In the Video Ken Robinson says Schools Kill Creativity . A lot of things were running through my mind like this guy is British, he’s funny, and I can’t wait for red lobster. Mr. Robinson went through so many points in 20 minutes it was very impressive, and frankly I agree with him on every single point. One of the points that I agree with him on is that creativity is as important as literacy. He is very correct in this as I have been watching the younger people around me grow. Whether it is my younger sister, my neighbor, or my own son, the one thing that is the same in every one of them is that they use their talents and creativity to better learn. No one is the same person so why should we expect them to learn the same way? Creativity brings out the best in everyone including their learning skills, and that is very important.
Another is children are not afraid of being wrong. This is true! Why should children be afraid? What is there to be afraid of? Because they are not afraid of being wrong they are more likely to be more original than any two adults put together. This is because they are not afraid to take risks and to be different. As Mr. Robinson said adults somewhere along the lines of growing up lost their creativity and maybe it’s because they are afraid of being wrong.
The last point I agree with that I will talk about is creativity gets booted out of us. Most Mothers and Fathers do not want their child to chase after a dream that they don’t think would land them a great job or earn some type of income. That’s not bad on them they are just looking out for their children, but this is one of the ways that we lose our creativity because we stand by and learn our math and sciences and forget all about dance and theatre because that’s not going to get a good job. Who are we as parent’s to tell our children what isn’t worth chasing after?

A Day Made of Glass 2
A day Made of Glass 2: Same Day. Expanded. showed that some time in the future everything is going to be able to be controlled by one or two fingers. That isn’t just for schools or for students, but also for park recreations and doctors. Our technology is becoming so far advanced that we will be able to digitize and make anything with a touch of a button. Thinking about all these videos combined it’s like a puzzle. In order to advance we need teachers and schools so that is something that will never change (referring to Mr. Winkle Wakes). In order for our technology and world to advance we need to have creativity referring to Ken Robinson), so that a child can think of making more advance technology, such as the technology in A day Made of Glass 2. In order to do all of this we need to change our statistics around and make our resources and country open for new experiences so we don’t fall behind (referring to Dr. John Strange- Did you know?).