Innovation

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I looked through many pages on the "Design For Change" page and stumbled upon the video about Tourette's Syndrome on the "Health" page. I think that this is a very good video because it elaborates on the disease; Tourette's syndrome, which some persons might not know a lot about.

Tourette's Syndrome is a syndrome that causes people to move certain small muscle groups multiple times which are called "tics". An example could be the blinking of one's eyes multiple times or a sudden movement with one's hand, but the possibilities are many. The syndrome is a neuropsychiatric disorder, often inherited from one's parents (most commonly the farther), and is often expressed in situations of stress or discomfort. It is expressed in these situations particularly because the mind then feel like it has control over something. While the mind has to deal with something that it don't know exactly how to approach, it activates the movement of the known set of muscles, because it gives a kind of order in the brain.

Tourette's is not a rare syndrome, and is most common among kids and adolescent people. Carriers of the syndrome are often very energetic because it takes a lot of energy to use the same set of muscles many times every day while the same time having to do everyday procedures such as; being good in school, do spare time activities, have a job, socialise, or having a girlfriend.

I think it is good that the guy in the video share his experiences with Tourette's with us, because then people who also suffers from the syndrome can see that they are not alone. I also think that it give some hope to the carriers of the syndrome when the doctor says that many high-achieving people such as; doctors and athletes, are suffering from Tourrete's. Furthermore I think that people who are unaware about the syndrome and it's characteristics get an idea about how it is like to have Tourette's syndrome.
After all the video has made me think about Tourette's, and I think that it has inspired other people around the world as well.

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In a time when there is hunger for innovation everywhere, we think our primary responsibility is to help prepare a generation of students to rise with the challenges of our times' (d.school)

I think that this quote inspire teachers to teach their pupils, approaches to be innovative. I would like to develop my future pupils mindset in such a way that they think freely and creatively whenever they are facing a challenge. A way to develop creativity could be to explain a challenge for the whole school, and then have everybody creating a solution to the challenge and in the end displaying all the proposed solutions for the challenge. The explanation on the challenge encourage the pupils to think freely, while the displaying of solutions inspire everybody for next time they are faced with a challenge.