Inventiveness/Creativity

I think that encouraging creativity in schools is extremely important for students. Allowing students to be creative gives them the opportunity to be unique and share their individual ideas. We need students to be inventive and creative so that they can make a difference in the future. In the job market today it is extremely important to be well rounded and be able to think creatively. It seems that most people who succeed and are well off in today's world are creative and willing to try new things. Having these qualities can get you very far in life. Today we seem to focus only on math, English and science. These subjects are important but it is also very important to let students explore their creativity. We need to implement more creative programs into schools like music, drama and art. These classes can help students creativity come out. Sir Ken Robinson made a great point when he said that students seem to grow out of creativity as they get older. This is because they are not given the opportunities to continue being creative and are sometimes afraid of being creative because they don't want to be wrong. It is going to be essential as teachers in the 21st century to make sure we encourage our students to be inventive and creative so that they will be able to survive and go farther in life.