-this is the TED video titled 'Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity'
While I was watching this video, I thought of my twin brother. This video explaining about the education system killing creativity is my twin brother Seyeul's story.
'Twins' equals 'the same'? Of course not! Especially in the case of binovulartwin. Although my brother and I are twins, we are so different in many ways. I liked barbie dolls, pink, and love stories. My brother liked dinosaur toy, marine blue, and wars. I like watching dramas while my brother likes starcraft games.
The biggest difference between us can be the presence of artistic talent. 'Soho as an artist' is not that realistic; it would be an exaggeration. But in the case of my brother, it is not. My brother does have a talent in drawing. He can remember (or imagine), draw and express the smallest detail like an eye of dragonfly. He was creative enough to draw up the whales which he never saw. (He got the first prize in the contest by drawing this) Not only that, he also enjoyed drawing. While he was drawing or making up soldiers, weapons, dinosaurs, his face was always full of smile.
However, the 'education system' started to influence my brother. Academic subjects which are in the top priority (and in other words, which my brother had no interest) drove him crazy. He had to study, in reality memorize, a bunch of equations, English words, historical facts. He got a lot of stress from report cards with 'effort must be needed'.
Not only my brother had to STUDY but also he had to change the attitude towards drawing. Instead of thinking drawing as a pleasure, he was forced to think drawing as a tool of entering better school. When my brother was a 6th grader in elementary school, he applied to 'Sunhwa Art Middle School'. That school was thought to be more appropriate for my brother's situation. There were several requirement for him however. Everyday, 9 hours of drawing boring things like sculpture. Staying in art academy starting from 2pm to 11pm. 2 hours of break time plus dinner time. Eating instant food or lunch box instead of eating 'table dinner' in home. It was such a torture for him. He always said he'll give up. But anyway, he worked hard to enter 'Sunhwa Art Middle School', as he wanted to enjoy drawing. Instead of entering that school, all he got was a notice that reported his failure indifferently. The reason was his comparatively low academic grade. It was not high enough to get into the school. And for the first time, I saw him crying, being depressed. For a long time, he tried to avoid art itself.
To tell the 'epilogue', my brother went abroad, studying in Vancouver, Canada. It was his own decision. He really wanted to defy from oppressive educational system and find out more liberal school environment. Now he is regaining the hope. He got a new interest in designing, and got a definite dream of 'cell phone designer'. But still, he didn't forget that situation, (it is more accurate if said 'couldn't') the tragedy greatly affected by 'education system'.
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