Hello, I'm taking an online English course (ENG4U), and leaning a note taking method for academic study purpose. The activity is to Watch TED talk, 'Do schools kill creativity?' by Sir Ken Robinson, and take notes with Cornell notes method. I'd be so grateful if anyone could kindly proofread my writing, thank you! SUMMARY: Sir Ken Robinson is an author and educator - explained the greatness of human creativity. He is interested in education and shared his observation of children’s capacity and talents with examples. Picasso once said that all children are born artists, however, Sir Ken laid out, current education systems are designed to teach children more ‘useful’ subjects, such as mathematics, and put dance and art classes aside at the lowest rank in school subjects hierarchy. As a consequence, children grow without such creative trait as Picasso indicated. The crucial part of his speech is that having a good academic ability nowadays dominates a view of intelligence, but we need to rethink the term, intelligence, with three major points. Intelligence is diverse, dynamic and distinct. What we truly need to pay attention is to listen to children’s inner voice and observe what their passion is about, then adults may guide and support them to grow their curiosity for their future.

The time you spent with your mother tongue vs. the progress of the language acquisition.

Sunday afternoon The storm had finally let up in the morning, and I could play soccer this evening. We shortened people to have an official match but had enough participants to make up minimum formation to play. During the match, my friends' kids were waiting for us, but they started asking for something to eat. Unfortunately, we had nothing to eat with us, so I threw them a bone by promising to take them to a Mexican restaurant after the match.

The intruders An administration officer found that a historical monument in town hall had been vandalized by an intruder last night. Little after the incident, local authorities arrested a young couple who degraded the statue. The gravity of the crime packed a punch for the citizens.

The Forbidden Magic Once upon a time, a kingdom was surrounded by the ocean, and it provided the rich ocean's resource. One day, a mean-minded witch poured a toxic portion in the ocean, and all creatures went extinct immediately. It resulted in displacement of the king because people were furious at the unknown phenomenon and attacked the king. The witch had a Machiavellian tactic to take over the throne. In addition, she used a forbidden powerful magic to retrogress people so that no one could be furious at her and show only apathetic attitudes. The downside of the spell was that there were no servants who served meals for the witch because all of them became apes!

A defiant attitude She was someone who was none the wiser even though I explained to her what's important to do for living. She even showed a defiant attitude when she was younger. I was a bit afraid of her being cagey about her thoughts because I needed to discuss about her future.

Effectiveness of strategies I have recently come to discern some of my colleagues prefer to be perceived as hardworking men who sacrifice their personal lives, rather than as being individuals who are self-discipline so that they can have more free time after work. Based on my observation, longer time you work, we have higher chance of having scant attention to details; therefore, being too dedicated for jobs could be likely possible culprit of having lower productivity. I also came to discern that working with restricted hours could encourage us to set measurable completion time; hence, we might have good work-life balance. I am not entirely sure if this advice works like a charm for everybody, but at least I would like to emphasize to people how important it is to control your time if you wish to succeed your life.

No wonder It was no wonder that more I spent time together with someone, more I came to discern her volatile nature and the precariousness of her finance. I was fed with her shopping disorder after experiencing her abrupt decision of buying massive amount of clothing, which had become a main culprit of our breakup. The problem indeed stems from the imperative needs in a financial aid due to her obsessive disorder. She could not stop purchasing unnecessary goods beyond our credit card limits. I had no tolerance to embrace such trait after years of medication and therapy, which doesn't cure her symptoms. For the time being, I'm optimistic and ready to rebuilt my new life by myself. I sometimes wonder if I kept going the relationships with her, it would be better. I believe that it would be a bane than a boon.

The vacations on a whim I had had a bad day at work and decided to fly away to Spain on a whim. My saving grace is an ability to make quick decisions. As I arrived at the airport, the terminal was packed to the gills due to flight delays by the unexpected thunderstorm. It seemingly took some time to recover from the delay so I sat on a bench adjoining the departure entrance to keep abreast of the most updated flight information. While I was waiting for my flight, I was worried about the bouquet, which was a gift for my friend. If it took too long time, some of them might wither. I hoped that a friend of mine would be mesmerized by the flower, but I can't complain because I should have been expected the situation like this wittingly.