Play On Children. (TED)

After watching the short video clip, it made me realize how kids can really be genuienly smart and that they sometimes don't get enough credit for the little or amazing things they can do. When kids are given the chance to create something real and unique they put their whole heart and soul into the project. Which is what the kids did in this video. They saw the opportunity to make something great and they accomplished just that by putting their heart and soul into it. Which includes having the confidence and trust in each other that they can complete the challenging task together.

Just as the guy mentioned in the video they have trust in themselves to not hurt themselves, or to not hurt each other. Having the trust in yourself and your peers is extremely important when working with each other. These kids looked at each other as teammates and put everyone's ability to good use.

Actually, I believe that we can learn from kids and how they can be so open to each other's ideas. They do not disregard anyone or any ideas, but they use them to benefit the project. As adults we are so quick to judge or not listen to what each other has to say which makes alot of the problems we have in society now days. Maybe we should let the kids be the voice sometimes and listen to what they have to say. Kids have such raw and intelligent ideas, but because they are kids we can ignore them so easily.

That's why I thought that video was great, because it gave the kids to show people what they can actually do and express their feelings through building something out of a variety of different things and make it their own.

I work with kids for a part time job, and I can see how each and every single one of those kids have such a wide variety of different views and ideas of so many different things in life. Whether it ranges from how they play with blocks and what they can build or just simply sitting down and having a normal conversation with a child. Have you ever had a simple conversation with a child? I think it is so interesting on what they have to tell you, they will tell you anything you want to hear, just ask and they are not afraid to talk.

I know that people sometimes give kids the stereotype with being naughty or not ever listening, and in some cases that may be true. But not all. Kids need the chance to be heard and need to be praised with the good and wonderful things they can do. You could see in all the children's faces that they were having the time of their lives, and that was so good to see. To see the kids at their best and when they are most happy is when they can build something and be proud of their work. They sense a feeling of accomplishment which gives them the confidence that they will be well off in this world.

I think TED is a great thing for kids to have the oppurtunity to prove to not only themselves but to others that they are capable of producing rare and unquie ideas and projects. And mostly being proud of what they build. It teaches them motivation, perseverance, teamwork, trust, unselfishness, just to name a few.

Even though i do not know those children, I can say that I am proud of each and every one of those children. For pushing themselves to see how far they can go to make something great, even if it doesn't always work the way they wanted, they still had fun, which is one of the most important things.

It also gave the children an oppurtunity to make friends with each other while working together. Im sure that those friendships had a good starting foundation, because it mainly dealt with the issue on trusting each other, even when it may not have worked out the way they wanted. You could see that the children trusted each other and that they were all having the time of their lives. The smiles said it all.