Creativity in America seems to be declining. Even with advanced technology, and multiple studies done, the class room has remained the same for the past couple decades. Humans can naturally adapt to differences made in their daily routines. Although why does our country lack creativity in schools? Even though not everyone is born being creative, it’s definitely something that can be taught. Being creative is much more than thinking outside the box. It allows you to solve problems with a different approach. It gives you a different outlook on things, and allows you to think in a non-linear way. Studies have shown how technology has helped us advance in fields such as, the auto industry, communication system, however we don’t use it to our advantage
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Turak states in his article, “We are so locked in to thinking in a linear way that like a Zen novice we fail to notice innovative breakthroughs emerge from thinking in a non-linear fashion.” (Turak 1). In Bronson and Merryam’s article, “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” They share a statistic on an IMB poll 1,500 CEOs took. The poll confirmed that creativity is the number one leadership competency. Economically it makes sense to have more people practicing creativity than not. Our world is rapidly changing and becoming more advanced, without the creativity of certain individuals we wouldn't we where we’re at today. We need the minds of creative people to mov forward and make improvements in all aspects of life. Another great point Robinson made, was the possible reason for the decline in creativity in America. The amount of time a child spends on social media, or in front of the TV is much higher than it was years ago. I agree that this takes a big roll in the decline of creativity in our …show more content…
I believe this has to do with that fact that children are growing up faster than before. I remember when I was in grade school my friends and I were constantly outside, as much as we could be. We always used our imaginations, wether it was going into the woods by my house to discover insects and experiment with them, or inventing new games at the playground. The current generation of children have it different, however. They’re so caught up with having the newest game consoles, or the newest phones, they’re even entering the social media frenzy. This causes them to not be as creative, they’re not using their mind to come up with innovative ways to solve childhood problems. Another problem that I see with todays generation, is how parents hand them everything they need. I’ve personally seen parents buy their children tablets to use for when they start acting up. It’s happened multiple times before, a child begins to act out and instead of the parents talking to them and making them understand the situation, they put a screen in front of their face. I believe this is where the problem originates from. The child becomes accustomed to viewing tv, or playing virtual games, that they lack the development of creativity at a young age. Robinsons video also talks about how children aren’t frightened, they oftentimes live in a care-free world. When we grow up www loose sense of many things, one of those being our
Turak states in his article, “We are so locked in to thinking in a linear way that like a Zen novice we fail to notice innovative breakthroughs emerge from thinking in a non-linear fashion.” (Turak 1). In Bronson and Merryam’s article, “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” They share a statistic on an IMB poll 1,500 CEOs took. The poll confirmed that creativity is the number one leadership competency. Economically it makes sense to have more people practicing creativity than not. Our world is rapidly changing and becoming more advanced, without the creativity of certain individuals we wouldn't we where we’re at today. We need the minds of creative people to mov forward and make improvements in all aspects of life. Another great point Robinson made, was the possible reason for the decline in creativity in America. The amount of time a child spends on social media, or in front of the TV is much higher than it was years ago. I agree that this takes a big roll in the decline of creativity in our …show more content…
I believe this has to do with that fact that children are growing up faster than before. I remember when I was in grade school my friends and I were constantly outside, as much as we could be. We always used our imaginations, wether it was going into the woods by my house to discover insects and experiment with them, or inventing new games at the playground. The current generation of children have it different, however. They’re so caught up with having the newest game consoles, or the newest phones, they’re even entering the social media frenzy. This causes them to not be as creative, they’re not using their mind to come up with innovative ways to solve childhood problems. Another problem that I see with todays generation, is how parents hand them everything they need. I’ve personally seen parents buy their children tablets to use for when they start acting up. It’s happened multiple times before, a child begins to act out and instead of the parents talking to them and making them understand the situation, they put a screen in front of their face. I believe this is where the problem originates from. The child becomes accustomed to viewing tv, or playing virtual games, that they lack the development of creativity at a young age. Robinsons video also talks about how children aren’t frightened, they oftentimes live in a care-free world. When we grow up www loose sense of many things, one of those being our