I must admit I got teary-eyed a couple of times. Creativity is SO important to me, and the idea of allowing a school to obliterate any child’s creative potential gets me in the gut. Given my own creative nature (writing, scrapbooking, photography), this is understandable. The other factor, of course, is my kid. He’s got an imagination, but the school (aka the State &/or National Govt) isn’t interested in fostering that potential. They’re more concerned, in general, with MEAP scores and report cards.
There are so many things in that video that I have been thinking all along. I wish other teachers would see this and believe in it as well.
ReplyDeleteI must admit I got teary-eyed a couple of times. Creativity is SO important to me, and the idea of allowing a school to obliterate any child’s creative potential gets me in the gut. Given my own creative nature (writing, scrapbooking, photography), this is understandable. The other factor, of course, is my kid. He’s got an imagination, but the school (aka the State &/or National Govt) isn’t interested in fostering that potential. They’re more concerned, in general, with MEAP scores and report cards.
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