Defining my Identity #8

3 favorite talks from the websites Ted.com

   - Brene Brown’s ted talk, “The Power of Vulnerability” is about being vulnerable and how important it is to be vulnerable for people. People, in general, tend to feel ashamed when they are described as vulnerable people. However, if they numb their feeling of vulnerability, that means they also numb everything other emotion such as joy, gratitude, and happiness. This is because vulnerability is related to their willingness. I felt very negative about vulnerability but after I listened to her talk, it changed my attitude toward accepting vulnerability and I learned how to be happy with feeling vulnerable.

         http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html

    - Ken Robinson’s Ted talk, “Schools kill Creativity” is about how our generation is now focusing more on teaching students to become good workers rather than creative thinkers. Robinson mentions that nowadays academic subjects are the main subjects in schools and students focus on getting good marks on their report card. The truth is that students should cultivate creative thinking and curiosity. Those are what we need. I can easily relate to his understanding. As a student in high school, instead of thinking deeply to really understand the concepts, I am more focused on how to achieve better marks. However, when I am in my visual art’s class, which is the only subject in which I can expand my ideas and creativity, I feel more comfortable and excited. Therefore, his talk inspires me a lot and helps me to further examine myself.

   http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

    - Raghava KK’s Ted talk, “Shake up your story” is about the importance of teaching perspectives to children in order to increase their creativity. He creates children's books that can be found on the IPad which are able to be shaken. After shaken, the perspectives of the illustration change. For example, if the main character of the story has a specific nationality, when shaken, the nationality changes. This idea really caught my eyes. I have never thought about changing perspectives for children books. This can affect children’s empathy by learning other people’s perspectives; they can actually put themselves in the shoes of someone else who is different than they are. The world surrounding us is very biased so giving them multi-perspectives can influence them to consider other individuals’ thoughts and learn to respect them.     

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/raghava_kk_shake_up_your_story.html