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Sarah Kay's presentation was an example of how creativity can lead to cooperation and appeal to more people who never been given the opportunity to succeed at something before. She discovered how spoken poetry is a way to express yourself and you emotions. The way she viewed the world seemed to be as if it were a stage to express yourself upon, a journey of getting from one place to another Point A to "Point B" and so on. She believes in perseverance even if you keep getting knocked back down because it will always be worth it.
 Spoken word poetry is something far greater than ink printed on a piece of paper and a way of expressing more than what can be written. She had been introduced when she was 14 at a Bowery Poetry Club and was the youngest there by a decade yet was unchallenged by the others when she went to preform. She learned that spoken poetry doesn't have to be somber but can be inspirational, fun, or upbeat.
She finishes with a poem about how Hiroshima was an example of a tragedy yet the people of Japan persevered although the area was a wast land it was soon rebuilt and that although people may say you can't you can even if you fail at first.

Sir Ken Robinson's presentation was about the suffocation of creativity, specifically in public schools. He told jokes and was lighthearted yet he still managed to remain serious about the problem of creativity. He believed that children don't grow an aptitude for creative though but is born with it and slowly dwindled during their education.
He discussed the story of a prominent dancer, Gillian Lynne. She was considered sick and should have been put on drugs but her doctor told her mom that she was simply ADHD (not a term back than) and was a dancer.