I could not agree with Mr. Robinson any more. He has a brilliant outlook on educating our children through their own talents and creativity and not closing their doors. I have not had creativity in schools presented to me in this manner. We expect our children to be creative with the material placed in front of them. We don't let our children create with the material and tools they have been naturally given. Educators expect children to learn what is thought to be important and of value. This stress and requirement is placed on educators by society and what is thought to what is "good and true".
When he spoke about children with ADD and ADHD, I was completely taken back. Society tells us to medicate those children so that they can sit still in class and we can teach them what we want them to learn and that we can remove their natural creativity. I have a different outlook in trying to educate and foster creativity in my classroom.
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"so that they can sit still in class and we can teach them what we want them to learn and that we can remove their natural creativity." Isn't that amazing that this is what we "want." Or maybe disgusting is a better term!
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