Does School Destroy Creativity?

Well, I've been complaining about this for a year, and apparently some big important guy agrees with me. The video's kind of boring. We watched it in this awesome pilot program (that means the school course is an experiment, in this case we're trying out different kinds of learning and using technology) that I'm taking part in.

Basically, school teaches us to fear mistakes, when this is an important way we learn.We learn by making mistakes. We learn by altering and improving ideas. School teaches us that it is better to stay quiet than make a mistake. We are drafted into a certain learning style. If you don't learn that way, well, too bad, stinks to be you. If you are ADHD, then there is something wrong with you. You need to be medicated so you can be the same as everyone else. They are turning us into cookie cutter students!

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Someone who doesn't learn the way they are "supposed" to, will feel unintelligent. I mean is that good for out self esteem? I think not. I'm an example. I can't do math. I'm horrible at it. I don't remember formulas. I take notes that confuse me when I read them at home. The teacher's teaching me and I'm thinking "does not compute". I am no good at math. There's a reason I was in a horrible mood for a whole semester (is the such a thing as math-induced depression?).

So, basically, we are taught that creativity is bad. That we need to learn this way, and this way only. Otherwise there is something wrong with us. Is this right? Anyway. I have to go now. Just something to mull over. I'll probably post this on my other blog too. We'll see.