We are more focused on making money to pay the bills and having the things society says we should have to be successful, so that we forget to spend time doing the things we love. By my senior year of high school I worked two jobs and babysat while trying to keep my grades up and prepare for college. Was it fun? No. And did I like working so hard? Not particularly. But I did what I had to do to have the money to pay for college. I started working as soon as I was old enough and I fear that my whole life will be a game of always trying to earn more and more money to pay for the things I want. I would love to just sit at home and paint or read with a cup of coffee. I'd like to let my imagination run wild, but that's not practical. So in the beginning, when we are young, school must prepare us to succeed; as we get older, school helps us face reality and forces us to choose between doing something we don't particularly like and something we love, but what we don't like makes us earn more. We should put the same emphasis on doing things we enjoy and teach children that if you want to draw in class or like to dance we should offer that in schools. The central point of Robinson's TED talk was that school no longer teaches us the things that are relevant. School should be about exploring ourselves and figuring out what we want to do that will make us a better member of society. We shouldn't study math and science if you hate it and know you'll do terribly. It should be up to you to be able to do things that you enjoy and things that will sculpt you into the creative person you desire