The Importance of Creativity in Education
By Mimi Rothschild
Ken Robinson provides us with a witty and incisive critique of how the public school squanders the minds of children by squelching their natural creativity. Arguing that creativity is just as important as literacy (which we’re not doing so well on either), Robinson declares that so many children are shuffled from class to class without exploring creative pathways. We are teaching kids that there’s nothing worse than making a mistake, and in doing so, we grow children out of their creativity.
It has been said that tomorrow’s marketplace will be driven by ideas. Adults can no longer get by filling a position or warming a seat. Of course, this is not a new phenomenon. The world’s greatest innovators have always been the ones who are most curious and ambitious. However, technology has provided a way for so many more people to achieve great creative heights. The bored and the boring people will be the worker bees.
Homeschooling allows students to be creative. The only way to beat “academic inflation” is to think differently. The problem with the public school is that it does its best to eliminate this inclination. Homeschooling, on the other hand, fosters it.
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