Is Education Killing Creativity?

Everyday billons of kids spend majority of their days in school, learning and growing into what society wants them to be. Most of the time the curriculum for schools is the same through out the world. Students are required to take their core classes where they are taught to solve math problems, interpret the periodic table and read maps. Sadly, creativity is not included in that curriculum. Schools are slowly killing creativity in students by not allowing them to take art and dance classes. Classes that stimulate thinking other parts of their minds, the part that controls the creative process. After the levy failed in my high school, the school had to cut classes for funding for other areas. Most of the classes that they got rid of were the art and cooking classes; we had one art class because it was required to graduate. Many schools today see these subjects as useless because they won’t help children in society. In a seminar given by creativity expert Ken Robinson about the problems with the way we educate children, he argues schools teach subjects based on which are most likely to get them a job.  I think schools are hurting students with their decision to focus education primarily on subjects like math and science. Sometimes, teachers have to look for other ways to teach creativity.

Even tough schools may put art classes on the bottom; opportunities for students to be creative are everywhere. Many times teachers will give students many different ways to complete assignments; whether that’s writing a paper, creating a poster, or something much more creative. As a student I always tried to choose the projects that would allow me to think in ways I wouldn’t normally do in school. For example in my history class we had to write letters as if we were writing in the 1800’s and it allowed me to think like I was really old. It allowed me to be truly creative and make the paper look really old by rubbing it with tea bags and I had fun. I think students have many chances to be creative they just have to find them.