Teaching creativity

Flint · 09-27-2010, 11:18 AM

It is a shame if our public teaching institution have lost sight of what creates a successful person, and a successful culture, to the point that they don't realize that creative thinking is what spurs invention and innovation. This is short-sighted thinking--a symptom of our "bottom line" culture that is being left in its own self-imposed dark ages. Memorization of facts, and high scores on a test that you have been trained to take (like a monkey) creates a useless person. Useful only to a soulless machine state.

However, as the parents of children, we can, and should take the driver's seat in the task of traning the next generation of adults of to "think" effectively. My family has struggled financially to exist on a single income, so that one parent can be on hand 24/7 to address any "teachable moments" that occur during these formative years.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-27-2010, 02:03 PM

With human knowledge growing exponentially, and what we thought we knew changing rapidly, (plus revising to be politically correct), there's a lot of pressure on schools and students, for both time and resources. The three R's are not even being taught well in a lot of poorer school districts.

I saw an article recently where a CA school district were wailing because they couldn't afford instruments for all the students. WTF, when I was walking uphill both ways, we had to buy or rent our own instruments. I think sticking the taxpayers with the instruction is quite enough.

Yes, music and arts should happen at home, except lots of parents were never expose either, but the taxpayers are struggling too. I've been paying a fortune for a long time to fund these schools, and I've been angry more than a few times about how they piss away money. No, Johnny doesn't need a brand new computer, he can use the one Jenny was using last year, same as the textbooks. No, we don't need lights on the outside basketball courts, when the kids go home in the middle of the afternoon, and the courts are locked up after school.

Flint · 09-27-2010, 02:30 PM

It doesn't require an unberable burden of resources to introduce elementary school children to classical music, teach them who Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart are. Teach them how to sing do re mi fa so la ti do. Show them what a color wheel is and how it works. What the primary and secondary color are. These are basic things that just require someone to consider them important enough for us to put an hour of the school day aside to show the children these things. Give them the chance to develop an interest.

All of these things I am doing at home, but every parent isn't going to do that.

09-27-2010, 11:18 AM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	It is a shame if our public teaching institution have lost sight of what creates a successful person, and a successful culture, to the point that they don't realize that creative thinking is what spurs invention and innovation. This is short-sighted thinking--a symptom of our "bottom line" culture that is being left in its own self-imposed dark ages. Memorization of facts, and high scores on a test that you have been trained to take (like a monkey) creates a useless person. Useful only to a soulless machine state. However, as the parents of children, we can, and should take the driver's seat in the task of traning the next generation of adults of to "think" effectively. My family has struggled financially to exist on a single income, so that one parent can be on hand 24/7 to address any "teachable moments" that occur during these formative years. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-27-2010, 02:03 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	With human knowledge growing exponentially, and what we thought we knew changing rapidly, (plus revising to be politically correct), there's a lot of pressure on schools and students, for both time and resources. The three R's are not even being taught well in a lot of poorer school districts. I saw an article recently where a CA school district were wailing because they couldn't afford instruments for all the students. WTF, when I was walking uphill both ways, we had to buy or rent our own instruments. I think sticking the taxpayers with the instruction is quite enough. Yes, music and arts should happen at home, except lots of parents were never expose either, but the taxpayers are struggling too. I've been paying a fortune for a long time to fund these schools, and I've been angry more than a few times about how they piss away money. No, Johnny doesn't need a brand new computer, he can use the one Jenny was using last year, same as the textbooks. No, we don't need lights on the outside basketball courts, when the kids go home in the middle of the afternoon, and the courts are locked up after school. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-27-2010, 02:30 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	It doesn't require an unberable burden of resources to introduce elementary school children to classical music, teach them who Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart are. Teach them how to sing do re mi fa so la ti do. Show them what a color wheel is and how it works. What the primary and secondary color are. These are basic things that just require someone to consider them important enough for us to put an hour of the school day aside to show the children these things. Give them the chance to develop an interest. All of these things I am doing at home, but every parent isn't going to do that. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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