Inclusive Practices: "Critique of Traditional Schooling" Response

Regarding the video of Sir Robert Kenson's critique of traditional schooling:

I agreed with many of the ideas he stated. The three that resonated the most with me were:

• Everybody has an interest in education.
• We are educating students for an extremely unpredictable future.
• Creativity is as important as literacy.

There were several ideas of his that surprised me, the two primary ideas being:

• Children are frightened of being wrong
• We are educating people outside of their creative capacities.

Finally, there was one idea that confused me. Although I understand that creativity and expression (primarily in the form of dance, as Sir Kenson discussed) are important components of our lives as humans, I don't think they are important in the same way math is. I think that these two subjects are important in different ways, and that math and science are topics that are more generally important to all students than dance. Math and science have more applications to real world professions, and open the door to opportunities for expansion in nearly all fields of study. While dance and creative expression should be encouraged, dance is not important in this way. Thus, I was confused by:

• Dance should be taught as often as science and math.