Education is so important to us as a people. It is a shame that, most of the time, we do it so poorly. I have always felt like I wanted to do something about this, but I wasn’t sure what to do. Recently, with the birth of my first child, it has even become more important. What I teach her will have a great effect on her life and happiness. That is what makes it so very important to do it right. I am doing my research now, because even though it seems like she isn’t doing much of anything, she is learning. She is taking everything in an forming her first thoughts about the world.

One of the things that I ran across was a little presentation done for the TED conference by Ken Robinson. He talks about how the origins of the modern education system where to teach people how to become good factory workers. Creativity is smashed out of our brains at an early age. I am hoping to avoid that with Joy. I hope that she always tries new things, and is brave enough to make mistakes. It is only by making mistakes, that we can be truly creative.

Here’s the video. Give it a watch.