In light of all the cuts to school's music and art programs and increased testing do we really have to ask this question? With more focused being placed on text book study and less on hands on work what are we to expect? We are creating an educational setting where only facts and answers matter in order to be prepared for standardized tests. It is all about grades, scores, and a school's rank.
How can we expect kids to be creative if we constrict the possibility for them to be creative? Kindergarten classroom have gone from an environment of endless possibilities of creative inspirations to a confinement of student to desk to text book. We are bombarding our youth with spelling words, facts and tests depriving them of a chance to even explore creativeness.
I can only feel sorry for the youth of today. Even with all of the great technological advancements that this century has to offer them their possibilities are limited. I remember a world of unlimited creative possibilities. My early school environment encouraged and inspired creativity. My education was geared more in the arts, using blocks and other hands on materials to stimulate and cultivate my learning not smartboards. I remember a childhood of blanket fortresses, pretend play and imagination utilizing whatever resources i could around the house not one full of video games, ipods and other technological gadgets that do not leave much for imagination and creativeness.
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