| Subject: Re: The Freedom of Creativity...Or the lack thereof |
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A.J. Stich
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Date Posted: 19:27:46 02/02/08 Sat
In reply to:
Christina V. Watkins
's message, "The Freedom of Creativity...Or the lack thereof" on 17:30:05 01/27/08 Sun
I understand your frustration with creating creative children. Looking at my adolescent growth, I'm thankful for my parents for stimulating that psychological growth that can only come from childhood creativity.
My Mom actually read a lot of child psych books; she was very determined to raise us right. So we would go to art museums, finger painted at home, participated in church craft activities, and just had lots of opportunities for creative development from an early age.
I agree with your frustration with school after being raised in a vibrantly creative household. Thankfully, in my personal experience, I had some outlet with creativity in school because I went to an alternative new age elementary school. That was fun.
Anyways, I just wanted to comment and say I thought that part of the book intriguing as well because of my personal development.
>Coloring within the lines was never my thing. As a
>child, I was always doodling and writing on anything I
>could touch - even the walls in our house. I loved to
>express various thoughts that seemed to flow from
>abstract places beyond the realms of my mind. So
>naturally, when I came across the creative thinking
>portion of chapter 3, it sparked my interest.
>
>The book points out some interesting ideas on how to
>help adolescents become more creative, but who are we
>kidding? The school system does more to suppress
>creativity than it does to encourage it.
>
>Creativity is an expression of ones self. It comes
>from our innermost feelings which translates into an
>extension of you. A teacher cannot grade "creativity"
>nor teach it. For example, I having no formal training
>of the violin could perhaps reproduce some lines of
>music if I were taught properly. But does simply being
>able to reproduce someone else's creativity in turn
>make me creative as well? Or would it be creative of
>me to take those fundamentals I learned and produce my
>own music?
>
>I was a creative child, who suffered in school. I
>could never understand (and still don't) why I was
>forced to sit in a classroom for hours, listening to
>lectures, taking notes, taking tests, and doing
>projects. On tests, there are always going to be right
>answers and wrong answers, on essays there will always
>be a general guide to the type of answer you're
>looking for, and in writing - at least at the high
>school level - your sentences must always be parallel.
>Can a child really be creative in such a structured
>environment?
>
>I believe my creativity only flourished because my
>parents encouraged it. Please share your ideas with me.
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