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I agree that creativity is harmed by the educational system in our schools. We are taught from the beginning of our education that there is one right and many different wrong ways to do something. While in some cases this is true (2+2=4), I think this way of thinking is expanded to all subjects when it shouldn't be. Students should be allowed to express their creativity in different ways, and I think it should be more of a focus throughout a student's education, even in high school.

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There's this idea in school that students are supposed to memorize facts and spit them out verbatim. No where in our textbooks do they promote individualized thinking, problem solving, or creative expression. This is where our schools fail us. The children who supposedly succeed are the ones who have perfect GPAs and outstanding SAT scores, but these things do not measure the quality of a human being. Artistic and creative students are usually overlooked, because excellence in academics in schools is not equivalent to excellence in the arts. Even athletics are looked upon more highly than the arts and creativity. As a society, and especially in schools, we need to stop ranking people based off of test scores and numbers, but rather, off of actual real world readiness.

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I agree with Robinson's theory that creativity is being extinguished within our educational system. As a state, we have decided that students should be taught using the common core so that they will succeed on a standardized test. If anything, I think that while we are at school, that should be the prime time for us as students to express our creativity and show everyone that side of us. Our educational system is too focused on finding one specific answer instead of letting us think outside of the box to find another answer that could possibly be correct.

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I do think that creativity is being distinguished through the American education system. Numerous studies and statistics prove this theory through test scores and curriculum. I believe that as a nation, our education standards are diminishing whereas if we want to compete with other more intellectual nations, we have to focus more on individualized learning and creativity.

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Thanks for sharing this video. Although I have seen it several times before, it is a great and important reminder of my role as an educator. As a student one time myself and now as a teacher, I do see the obvious truth in Robinson's assertions, but it has become even more apparent as I watch my own children go through the traditional education system. I would like to think that there are many inspiring and perhaps unconventional teachers out there who try to cultivate creativity within the confines of this system.

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I liked the video a lot and I agree with many of Ken Robinson's main points. I do not think that creativity is completely taken away in the system of education that we have in America, but it is limited. Instead, I believe it is just a part of growing up and maturing. In many ways, education and schooling limits children on their individuality. Math class teaches us that there is only one right answer; however many other classes allow for creativity, such as English or any art classes.  In my opinion, it depends on the school whether or not children are being limited.

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I would have to agree with this statement because I think that we really are taught to think in only one way or form of thought. A good example of this would be how Mr. Storrick outlines the thought process. There are different levels of thinking above just memorizing facts and reciting them. This is what leads to multiple ways to solve physics problems, and is also according to him why some people struggle with physics. They try to identify a type of problem and then use the same method over and over again instead of adapting to each individual problem. This just goes to show how other classes in the school system do kind of inhibit creative thinking.

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I think that creativity is definitely not as important as it should be. In schools, we are learning subjects that have been pre-planned for us. For AP classes, we are literally taught so we can get a 5 on the AP Exam. It is drilled into our heads that we need to get a 5, get a 5, get a 5. I think that schools should allow for more time to be creative. Whether it be creative writing, creative thinking, or creative building, we need to learn how to think outside of the box. In life, there are sometimes going to be problems that we cannot fix the uniform way, and that is when it requires us to be creative.

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Ken Robinson's theory that creativity is being expunged by conventional education holds a reasonable amount of validity; school curriculums often fail to adequately support creative-based learning programs, such as arts and technologically based classes.  Performance is often based upon a scale of definitively right or definitively wrong, all or nothing; divergent thinking is not rewarded, but instead punished, as students are taught to dread failure and strive for perfection. Third grade is far too young to push  young students to perform well on standardized tests, and perhaps is to blame for schools' extinguishing creativity.

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I do think that creativity is being extinguished through the American education system. The education system tell us that there is one right answer and if you find out something that is different, than you are wrong. Today's education system in America is not focusing on actually learning the material, its just memorizing until you pass the test. Students are no longer given time to expand our creativity and imagination because it is thought that as you get older, you won't need to be creative.

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I think creativity and individuality are being suppressed by traditional education. With the advent of standardized tests (not just common core but SAT etc) education has been focused on imparting some level of proficiency to students. The definitions or standards for proficiency might be realistic or even practical but they deincentivize everything that is considered above and beyond. I think by setting a limit on what we need to learn in school, as in "alright we can stop here," we've devolved mass education from how to learn or how to think into an almost clerical process of acquiring specific knowledge.

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I think that creativity, to an extent, is diminishing through American education. We are always taught, from a young age, that there is only one, right answer. Therefore, things become less abstract to us. We see things in a more concrete set of mind. For AP classes, it is difficult for us to analyze things because we were not brought-up thinking deeply about a certain subject. We were taught "this is this because of this," not "this COULD be this because of this." Our creativity dwindles down as we get older because education continues look for more concrete answers. The use of technology certainly does not help, for a computer can really only have one set answer. I child cannot be creative with their answer. However, certain classes like English allow for discussion and creativity because we all interpret things differently. So, there is still creativity, but it is not to the extent it was when we were younger and had less of an education.

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I totally think that creativity is being extinguished through an American society. The system of learning I feel today is all based on memorization. Rather than truly learning and gaining knowledge, we have to memorize to be successful and after the test, all that information we memorized is lost because we have to memorize the information for the next test. We cannot be expected to learn if all we do is memorize. Now I don't know the answer to how this could be fixed but I'm sure someone much smarter than I could figure out a better way to truly educate the youth of this country.

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Is creativity being extinguished through an American education?