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There isn’t an education system on the planet that teaches dance everyday to children the way we teach them mathematics. Why?

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Ken Robinson
Age: 70 †
Born: 1950
Born: March 4
Died: 2020
Died: August 21
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Human resources are like natural resources they're often buried deep You have to go looking for them they're not just lying around on the surface You have to create the circumstances where they show themselves.
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Human life is inherently creative. It's why we all have different résumés. … It's why human culture is so interesting and diverse and dynamic.
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Typically [professors] live in their heads. … They look upon their body as a form of transport for their heads. It’s a way of getting their head to meetings.
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Transforming education is not easy but the price of failure is more than we can afford, while the benefits of success are more than we can imagine.
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If you're afraid to be wrong you'll never do anything creative.
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