Sir Ken Robinson

We have to rethink the fundamental principles on which we're educating our children.

There was a wonderful quote by Jonas Salk who said, if all the insects were to disappear from the Earth, within 50 years, all life on Earth would end.

If all human beings disappeared from the Earth, within 50 years, all forms of life would flourish.

And he's right.

What TED celebrates is the gift of the human imagination.

We have to be careful now that we use this gift wisely, and the only way we'll do it is by seeing our creative capacities for the richness they are, and seeing our children for the hope that they are.

And our task is to educate their whole being so they can face this future.

By the way, we may not see this future, but they will.

And our job is to help them make something of it.

Thank you very much.