“When people are in their Element, they connect with something fundamental to their sense of identity, purpose and well-being. Luckily, the world isn’t like that everywhere and The Element summary discusses why. If your ambition is to work in a factory, it makes sense to learn discipline and hard facts. Looking at my school, the old industrial perspective on education worked just fine. I managed to get away and I am glad I did. I grew up in a small town where people went to the local factory to work after school. The school system is obviously not keeping up with the rest of society, and it is nice to see that I am a little bit less of a misfit. Robinson describes how creativity is killed at early age when kids are being brainwashed and the artistic subject are being discriminated for natural science. It limits our thinking of personalities down to categories.The Element summary is all about the things that schools aren’t. Myers had any qualifications in the field of psychometric testing when they designed the test, still used on millions of people every year. I like his critic of the Myer-Briggs personality test according to Robinson neither Ms.
Thinking in terms of categories like the Meyer Briggs 16 personalities types, prevents us from finding our unique Element. Each one of us has a unique personality and unique way to get in the zone. Schools should help us find our true passions - unfortunately they very often fail, sometimes without an attempt. He show in this book how important, and sometimes hard it is to find our own Element. Sir Ken Robinson is one of the sharpest critics of our educational system. Your element can be a medium of expression or a field of interest.
Finding that zone where time moves more quickly and fluidly happens mostly when you do something that you are really passionate about. Reflections from reading "The Element" by Ken Robinsonīeing in your element is when you feel the flow and nothing else is present.
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