i thought that i would share this piece with you that excited me. i often say that i live in the world of possibilities. i love thinking that i do at least.
i heard kevin carroll speak 2 years ago at a conference and immediately was attracted to his message. at the time, he was the chief catalyst for NIKE... the mastermind behind the "livestrong" bracelets for lance armstrong. this was on his blog...
“...Research suggests that we start our young lives as creativity engines but that our talent is gradually repressed. Schools place overwhelming emphasis on teaching children to solve problems correctly, not creatively. This skewed system dominates our first 20 years of life: tests, grades, college admission, degrees and job placements demand and reward targeted logical thinking, factual competence, and language and math skills--all purviews of the left brain. The propensity for convergent thinking becomes increasingly internalized, at the cost of creative potential. To a degree, the brain is a creature of habit; using well-established neural pathways is more economical than elaborating new or unusual ones. Additionally, failure to train creative faculties allows those neural connections to wither. Over time it becomes harder for us to overcome thought barriers. Creativity trainers like to tell clients: “If you always think the way you always thought, you’ll always get what you always got--the same old ideas...”
do schools kill creativity?
i wonder what schools will be like in 10 years... 20 years... 30 years?
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