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A review by nostalginaut
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson
4.0
I picked this book up some time after seeing Sir Ken Robinson's TED talks and being so inspired that I wanted to hear more of what he had to say. The book starts off with a lot of familiar material if you've seen his TED appearances, too; in fact, pieces of it are almost verbatim what are in his presentations. Nevertheless, it remains inspiring.
The interviews he includes are wonderful and diverse, as well - from musicians to actors to artists to academics of all kinds, explaining the troubles they encountered on their journey to find their "Element", and how they finally did it. All very encouraging.
Somewhere about halfway through, the book loses some momentum, but the interview material and inspirational stories later on keep it afloat; then again, with such a strong beginning, it'd be hard to follow up with an entire book of the same stuff (and that would be admittedly boring, I guess). I'm sure it would've been much better if I'd've read it in one sitting, instead of at a snail's pace over (sadly) a few months. Would revisit, though - and I strongly recommend it to all teachers.
The interviews he includes are wonderful and diverse, as well - from musicians to actors to artists to academics of all kinds, explaining the troubles they encountered on their journey to find their "Element", and how they finally did it. All very encouraging.
Somewhere about halfway through, the book loses some momentum, but the interview material and inspirational stories later on keep it afloat; then again, with such a strong beginning, it'd be hard to follow up with an entire book of the same stuff (and that would be admittedly boring, I guess). I'm sure it would've been much better if I'd've read it in one sitting, instead of at a snail's pace over (sadly) a few months. Would revisit, though - and I strongly recommend it to all teachers.