Passion and Talent

Great video. I completely agree with everything that the speaker said. The thing that really resonated with me was the idea of our educational system not recognizing passions and talents. It's true. The educational system that I passed through, and continue to pass through, has never really appeared to care about the things that really motivate me outside of my math and science classrooms. It seems that the applied sciences are the only courses that most educators care about. Even the teachers of different subjects admit openly that their subject matter is not deemed as important as the standard algebra class. I have always loved music and have been playing it for over a decade. In all that time I have met 2 educators who truly seemed to care about helping me do what I love doing. The problem was that they didn't have the power to help me pursue my passions because the system put in place wanted to see that I take another math class instead. It still happens to students today. Eventually students fight back and try to take their education into their own hands, to learn about the subjects they love and appreciate. However, instead of our system adapting to mold those students and fuel those passions the system fights that much harder to maintain control and focus students on the things that it sees fit. The end result is students who see no value in education, who view authority as the enemy, and who have not the ability nor the motivation to make positive changes in their lives going forward. If we changed that system to cater to the students of today it might help ensure that the future students enjoy their education a lot more.