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Do our schools kill creativity

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I happened to run across this link today...do our schools kill creativity? Without weighing in on that topic specifically, it got me to thinking about my days in elementary school and even high school. I don't feel that creativity was encouraged, not in the places you might expect it (like art class) or even in any academic subject. Different ways of looking at things were not the norm. I grew up believing that I was not creative, but that I was very logical, analytical, and objective. And while I still believe that I have these qualities, I have lately discovered that there was creativity lurking there all the while.

All it took to uncover this creativity was being laid off from a job! That may not sound like the ideal situation, and in many cases it isn't, but in my case it was the perfect confluence of events. I probably would not have quit that job on my own, electing the security of a paycheck and health insurance. But the payback has been happiness and health and a discovery of the creativity that was there all along, just waiting for the opportunity to emerge.