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It's really prompted by a conversation I had with a wonderful woman who maybe most people have never heard of, Gillian Lynne. Have you heard of her? Some have.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

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It's really prompted by a conversation I had with a wonderful woman who maybe most people have never heard of, Gillian Lynne. Have you heard of her? Some have.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

(Laughter) Gillian and I had lunch one day. I said, "How did you get to be a dancer?" It was interesting.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

And the school, in the '30s, wrote to her parents and said, "We think Gillian has a learning disorder." She couldn't concentrate; she was fidgeting.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

while this man talked to her mother about all the problems Gillian was having at school, because she was disturbing people, her homework was always late, and so on.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

Little kid of eight. In the end, the doctor went and sat next to Gillian and said, "I've listened to all these things your mother's told me.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

And they watched for a few minutes, and he turned to her mother and said, "Mrs. Lynne, Gillian isn't sick. She's a dancer.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

She eventually graduated from the Royal Ballet School, founded the Gillian Lynne Dance Company, met Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED