Now, there is a reason why Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk on whether schools kill creativity continues to be one of the most watched TED talks of all time. The reason is that the current system of education, as was the case in my school years, focuses on market demands rather than the nurturing of creativity and personal growth. This unfortunately is a poor mindset. Now, no system is perfect. Talent will always slip through the net. however, with such a conformist system of education, not only will talent fall slip through the net as if it were littered with holes, it will turn off talent. Rather than this statistics-based system (which in most areas doesn't work as it lacks the human element - just look at the failure of US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara's bodycount approach in the Vietnam War), Sir Ken Robinson argues that education should be treated like farming instead of factories. Recognising the failure of conformist education in encouraging the enjoyment of education, he suggests that an approach based on four principles - Health, Ecology, Fairness and Care, forming what he calls 'Organic Education', will be more beneficial than the current system. Like Patrick Pearse, he agrees that children are individuals, and this needs to be the core focus in education.

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