Ken Robinson's TED talk in class & instructor's late to be in class

Right now is 10:30 am. I am just off of my 401 class.

Bathseba was late about half an hour today due to the traffic jam. Good to learn the feelings of being in a non-teacher class.

We watched a TED video "Do schools kill creativity?" addressed by Ken Robinson. Here is the link to the speak transcript: http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity/transcript?language=en. In this video there are one thing I want to talk about.

Ken mentions the "academic hierarchy" in the current school system: language and math > humanity > arts. He summarizes this hierarchy as the result of industrialization. In class we also discussed it as the result of "the desires of the riches". Well, from my own perspective, it is the result of society selection. Constrainted by limited resources, it is not reasonable to attribute resources equally to subjects like arts and math. However, this situation may be changed in future.

It is worth saying that read the assigned readings prior to class is good for learning. I wonder if I can do something to my math class.