Take her to dance school.” The girl grew up to be Gillian Lynne, British dancer and choreographer of shows like Cats and Phantom of the Opera. “Gillian isn’t sick,” the psychologist said. After listening to the mother’s concerns, and talking to Gillian, the psychologist pulled her mother out of the room for a few minutes, turned on the radio and left Gillian alone in the room with nothing but the music. The school thought Gillian must have a learning disability, and recommended she be sent to a school for children with special needs.īut when Gillian’s parents took her to see a psychologist to have her assessed, a magical thing happened. She fidgeted, daydreamed and was generally disruptive. Gillian had trouble staying on task in school. The book begins by telling the story of a little girl named Gillian. This led me to The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. I had not known that he also had published books on the very same issue until his first book, Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative was re-released earlier this year. I’ve always been very familiar with his TED Talks, which inspire creativity and education reform. Sir Ken Robinson is like a rock-star of the educational world.
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