...because he is soooooo right.
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
One of my fave TED talks...
education, learning, creativity... obviously because children (and the future generations) are involved, I'm pretty likely to feel something passionate. Hence this thread.
But skim-watched this during lunch. A 2 hour documentary covering last year's (2010) G20 in Toronto.
Remember? You know last year, 2010, the G20 in Toronto? Remember the claims of peaceful protestors, saying the police were unreasonable (and the media didn't portray an honest, complete version of the events)? Wouldn't it be great if hundreds of the protestors got to voice their side of what happened?
"Into The Fire"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zejD0UkMGGY
2 hours, but well worth watching. Good luck in not feeling even MORE angry while watching.
Think Canada is much better off than the Land of the Not-So-Free? Think again.
fifteen seconds to catch a glimpse of how one-sided that event was:
1:47:37 - 1:47:52 (summarized: peaceful folks sit down and sing a song, get trampled by running thugs in riot gear. That's modern liberty for you!)[/quote]