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Date Posted: 16:06:27 02/21/07 Wed
Author: Miriam Dolin
Subject: Re: Intelligence and Creativity
In reply to: Lila Kayali 's message, "Intelligence and Creativity" on 09:56:10 02/20/07 Tue

In class last week, the group I was in discussed this very idea that the article addresses. We talked about how it seems like children are so full of creativity � they can play with anything (or nothing) and entertain themselves for hours. But as we age and attend school our creativity seems to be stifled. In my own life, I was a very creative child. I used to make really cool posters for projects and had a very vivid imagination. By high school, though I had lost my creativity. I definitely started to conform! After college I taught kindergarten. While working with the little ones, I could feel my creativity slowly start to creep back in, often surprising myself! So, I agree with the article that we never lose the capacity for creativity, we just have to unlearn the conformity.

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[> Re: Intelligence and Creativity -- Evelyn Moore, 18:20:13 02/21/07 Wed

I would like to add that I agree with the article and the statement, "... that our creativity level is repressed through school and by society, and so our ways of thinking become more of a habit, but the ability to be creative still exists." I would like to state that as a child growing up in America neither my mother or father has a high school education, but insisted that I become the first high school graduate in my family. This same family told me that I could do anything that I set my mind to do. There was not limit to what I could accomplish. My faith taught me that "I can do all things thought Christ that strengthens me". As a result, I graduated from high school and then college with honors in 4 1/2 years; received my Master in Business Administration; recorded my first album where I played the piano and sang; received my real estate license; promoted step by step from a Level I Agent to a Level 25 Analyst in 9 years at Federal Express without a degree in business; and I am currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Teaching. IQ or not if you can believe it you can achieve it, regardless of the environment where you live. I grew up poor but determined to succeed on my own terms. As an African American growing up in the late fifties and sixties, society told me one thing, but my family, those close to me empowered my thinking. I am a living witness, creativity still exists, only you can stop it.

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