Sir Ken Robinson's video connected to Brave New World

     This video was very similar to Brave New World in my opinion.  As Robinson points out, our modern education system is based on the type of thinking of the Industrial Revolution, therefore, everything in school emphasizes efficiency and speed.  Similarly, in Brave New World, their society praises Ford because he was able to come up with an efficient ways to mass produce.  Also, the World State in Brave New World wants to keep manufacturing new people so they can take the place of the people dying and make sure the "machine" never stops, but it is unclear at what they are all working towards, is their goal to create a perfectly efficient way of producing people? If so, what purpose does this serve?  In the same way, modern education is focused on teaching students what they need to know so they can pass and move on to the next grade, but students in high school and below are not taught how to apply their knowledge.  Basically, when students graduate they are left with a brain full of knowledge, but no way to improve the world with it.  Students have little power to change this, they are forced to attend schools (which most follow this format) and can not do anything about it except take their ADHD medications and try to stay awake during class.  Similarly, when Mustapha Mond is reading Bernard's report about John the savage and Bernard criticizes the World State's society, Huxley writes, "Mustapha Mond's anger gave place almost at once to mirth.  The idea of this creature solemnly lecturing him-him-about the social order was too grotesque."  In relation to education, this reflects the idea that the people who enforce our modern system of education and implement standardized testing believe they know what is best for students and rarely listen to students' opinions on education.  Therefore, students are like Bernard, trying to make suggestions on how to improve the current system and the government, or whoever implements the education system is like Mond, denying any constructive criticism of the way things are and believing he knows what is best.