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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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I think that schools still provide opportunities to be creative, but it also depends on the class. Some classes offer more opportunities and choices while others don't give you the same choice. Schools still offer art classes which definitely let us express our creativity. I think we could offer more opportunities to be creative but I wouldn't say its a huge problem. I still feel like I have plenty of freedom to be "creative".
ReplyDeleteDo you I think some classes are inherently easier to make creative, or is it based on the teacher?
DeleteI think it's mostly based on the teacher and their teaching style. You can make any class creative in several different ways. Whether you choose to or not is a different matter
DeleteI don't believe that I have been deprived of creativeness. I think that schools are still providing enough opportunities for students to express their creativity. Many classless allow you still to express you creativity. Art classes are very good about that. Not everyone likes art though, so I think that we could offer more classes that make it so a wider array of students are able to express their creativity, but I don't think it is a huge problem right now.
ReplyDeleteIf you didn't have art...in what other ways do you think you re getting to design and create??
DeleteI feel like our school gives us a good amount of opportunity it be creative. We have the t-shirt for seniors. There's the sitting pretty contest. There's the year book cover art too. I think that some schools need a better art program for students. It opens up minds to all kind of new ideas in life. You never know what you could come up with when you are asked about something. I'm a creative person because I love to draw freestyle not being told what to draw. I'm not very good at it but it's still something I enjoy. Creativity is so important because it gives kids that might be on the outside of groups to express how they are feeling. It's like with music, making music gives you a chance to express yourself too. I don't think America is going into a creative crisis. I just think students need more opportunities to be more creative whether it's in school or outside of school.
ReplyDeleteI feel that in terms of day to day opportunities for creativity, individual teachers and classes have to be the ones to allow creativity and not the school as a whole. I think that some teachers at Freeport do a good job allowing students to choose, at least between a few options, how to present their research or ideas. Unfortunately this is much easier in some subjects and so is not prevalent in all areas of learning. Speaking from personal experience I feel that Freeport allows students quite a bit of leeway for being creative. As evidence I present the engineering project that I am doing with three friends. We made it part of an independent study, but basically we are doing everything ourselves and the school has allowed us to leave for field trips, use their equipment, and have a large amount of leeway in what we do during school hours. I feel that if one wants to be creative at school it is possible, but the initiative has to be student lead.
ReplyDeleteI believe schools do provide students with opportunities to be creative, but students are given limits. In classes like creative writing, you are given the opportunity to write whatever you want, but it has to follow a certain topic. For example, the teacher gives the students an opening, or closing line, or they have to write about an event that's given to them. Sure students can write whatever, but it has to follow certain guidelines. Though schools give students the opportunity to show their creative side, it's not to their full potential.
ReplyDeleteI think the amount of creative freedom that students are given is all dependent on the individual classes. In my chorus class I'm able to try a lot of new things and styles, but in Calculus there really is no opportunity to be creative. So I think a lot of it depends on the actual setting that students are in, and I also think that for student who wish to be more creative within their studies, that they have the option to put themselves in those situations. But as a whole I don't think that students are necessarily deprived of creativity, but I think it's up to the students to initiate the creative spark, if that's what they desire within their education.
ReplyDeleteWe still have art class. That still helps us be creative. We could probably add some more creativity in our classes. I mean there are all kinds of ways to be creative. There are some classes that give you less to be creative. They don't stop you from being creative and they also encourage us to be creative.
ReplyDeleteI think that schools don't do the best job with having students express their creativity. I would say art classes are really the only classes that are offered that are formatted around the students creativity. Other classes are really by the book and there isn't a ton of room for creativity. Another class would be an English class if you were able to do a free write that would be a way to express your creativity but that's not the case in all English classes. So I think that schools do have ways for students to express their creativity but it is very limited and more classes could be offered to get students to be more creative.
ReplyDeleteI believe that creativity is a art and method which is slowly dying out. It is being replaced by the technology age in which our generation is in. In the past history has shown that creative students became the most successful, and it is a shame it is being replaced.
ReplyDeleteI feel that our school has given us plenty of opportunity to show our creativity. We have a few different art classes for students who are interested in that kind of things. We also have a class titles "Creative Writing." The name of the class clearly shows that our school is giving us opportunity to express our creativity.
ReplyDeleteI think that there is still creativity in school. Art class is a good example because they try to have you be more creative with your drawings. This shows that the there is creative in schools and that you just have to find the right class. In elementary school, creativity is also used in the learning process of children to help do better in school.
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