Watching this lecture made me very grateful for the nurturing environment my son receives at St. James.

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/66

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.

TED is a yearly conference, bringing together people from Technology, Entertainment and Design fields. The conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). Their website includes many more inspirational and entertaining presentations.