This particular video by Mr. Robinson discusses a topic which is very much being debated as it relates to reforming education. The most important thing that I feel was discussed in this video is the idea of educating our children for today's world while not letting them lose their sense of cultural identity. Personally, I am a traditionalist and believe that our past cultures should be preserved. I also believe that it is equally important for students today to be prepared for this changing world or economy of which Mr. Robinson speaks. So, how do we merge these two principles together? In my opinion, I think it's quite simple. This process of understanding begins at home. As parents, we should explain to our children our upbringing and the challenges that we faced during those times. We should help them to understand where we come from and teach them to appreciate where we are today. What we must do is to educate them on how to hold on to the good values that we learned from our culture growing up while at the same time encouraging them to let go of those values which were not good ones. Once we get our children to understand this concept, we should then encourage them to embrace the changes of our world today. I feel that the key to success in merging these two principles is to have a great understanding of how to balance the way which we expose these two principles to our children. In other words, don't overexpose one of the principles and underexpose the other. If I had to do a presentation similar to this, I would probably have a role other that the ones listed on the class blog page.
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