Schools Kill Our Creativity

I strongly agree with that schools kill our creativity.
Schools are places that frame their children and/or us in a certain context
and stop us thinking out of the context or box. Of course, there are many advantages that some people may argue with; however, I question if those benefits gained from school are somewhat related to developing and exploring our human creativity.

What I have noticed from my experience as both a student and teacher is that schools are places that demand (or obligate) their students to think, talk, and act "uniformly." In other words, our schools are existing for social control and order.

I believe that our human creativity is unlimited. It is indeed unlimited!
Our extremely structured society such as schools and work places stop us thinking in multiple and creative ways. We teachers or educational leaders often say that we are to nurture our students' creativity and potential. Unfortunately, however, it is just a lip-service; in practice, we do not actually care about our students' creative growth or development so much. Do you? Have you? Please tell me how you have done it in our school system. I wanna hear it!

What and how can we do? especially in our super formalized and/or structured school setting. Thanks so much, Dr. Gilbert. This class has led me, at least, to start thinking of and considering how we can nurture our students' creativity including "myself."


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creativity |ˌkrē-āˈtivitē|noun
the use of the imagination or original ideas, esp. in the production of an artistic work.

Do you agree with the definition?
I do somewhat, but not entirely. Have a great day~
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Jon Lee
www.jonleemusique.com