3534. Do Schools Kill Creativity?

They should not! 

I’m a teacher, you know, and I understand that we teachers have to foster, trigger and boost our students’ creativity. We have to. 

Education is getting the best from our students, isn’t it? 

We teachers cannot confine our stupendous labor to have our students carry out some automatic exercises after we have presented some topic, and when those kids finish those exercises, okay, now, let’s pack up and go home! 

Our students have a great potential of creativity, most of the cases, even nearly all of them. 

But education also is leading our students’ potential of creativity. Yes, because they may be young persons, and do need and want and expect we their teachers should guide and lead them toward maturity and happiness. Respecting their liberty.

They may have a potential of creativity, but we have to channel that potentially huge creativity. They may be inventive but they are in need of our advice and guidance toward a happy life and a mature one as adults within not many years… because time flies! Respecting their liberty.

As well we should educate in that deep and profound way in accordance to what their parents seek and wish for them, and as well in accordance to human dignity as persons. 

So as to finish: Let’s not confine our teaching to mechanical tasks but let’s foster they would put something – or much – of their own. Also let’s foster activities where our students can give their best. In my case, as a second-language teacher: Let’s include creative exercises where our students may write essays from their imagination – I used to include on tests one activity where my kids had to write an essay with such or such elements, and I can remember now some students who got it and wrote some very creative compositions! 

We teachers can remember all this now when we may be teaching remotely, because of being confined at home to hinder transmitting Covid-19. Have a nice week.