Do Schools Kill Creatively?

the U.S., the common belief is that “teachers teach, learners learn, and standardized tests monitor how well the process is going” (Brady). Standardized tests have become an educational routine. This testing limits the teacher's ability to teach creatively to the students. As a college student, I have undergone ten years of standardized tests and have experienced many different teacher’s opinions towards them, from this I believe have endured enough testing torture to give a valued opinion. Standardized

can be attributed to the demands of the evolving economic, political, social and technological world in the 21st century. The competitiveness of the global market demands corporations to constantly innovate. To do so, corporations need employees who are able to think critically and creatively. Barren of natural resources, Singapore depends on its human population for economic survival. Education then becomes a key instrument in promoting the state’s economic development. In 1959, the Ministry of Education

Although the greater population will support the favored belief that creativity is innate and is a trait that cannot be taught, my experiences help prove that the creative thinking process is in fact a skill, or trait, that can be taught and encouraged to others. Some may argue that the teaching process does not effect one’s creativity, but according to Paulo Freire’s, “‘Banking’ Concept of Education,” teaching and methods of teaching directly affect how one expresses their creative thinking— whether

Senior Speech Competition 2015 there was a different set of skills and talents used to sway the hearts and minds of the audience. Every year the school holds a speech competition in which students throughout the senior school are able to persuade and entertain a large audience on whatever impassions them. Talented speakers can come from all walks of the school. 2015 was no exception. The first speaker was Leon Zhang, who struck close to home for all of us senior students as soon as he opened up the

In Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the author explores the issue of justice using the symbol of the mockingbird. Placed in, the 1930s, a time of great depression and inequality, the book presents injustice acts to the most kind yet blamed citizens of the town Maycomb. The symbolism of the mockingbird and the characters are essential for the message of Harper Lees novel because the kind, but African-American Tom Robinson is unfairly put on trial for the “rape” of Mayella Ewell. Also, Arthur

In November of 2016, Americans will have a unique opportunity to vote for a woman for President for the first time. Many will not, for reasons related to her policies, her party, or even her past. But others will not solely because of her gender. In my opinion, gender, like race or sexuality, is irrelevant as a qualification for running for office. Others will disagree, and disagree rather forcefully. There will come a time when someone will tell me not to vote for this woman. When that time comes

I don't know if the question should be "Do schools provide students with enough opportunities to be creative?" But instead maybe "do people have the drive to be creative?"(Chanler Harrison, 1st paragraph, Big Chans Small

Nevertheless, we, as a species, tend find things we enjoy doing and do them quite frequently. We find things that make us happy, some play sports, some play games and others make art, and we do these things as much as we can simply because we like to. So why, if we only exist to find a mate and continue the species line, would we waste time on these silly things we enjoy? The only answer is that evolutionarily, we have a lot of time to kill in this process, and so our brains created these so-called, “happy

Statement of Rhetorical Analysis On February 22, 2016 author John Warner published an article on Just Visiting entitled “Kill the 5-Paragraph Essay.” Warner creatively talks about how rudimentary of a structure this type of essay holds. Writers are locked inside a cage of regulations and guidelines making them unable to write the essay as they please, but rather having to piece together regulated sentences and paragraphs because that’s what they have been told would score high on certain test questions

One of the reasons why education is more about challenging your mind to think critically and creatively and less about specific subjects that we are demanded to take in school is because it leads to better results, meaning people are more likely to thrive in something they are passionate for.They are able to acquire knowledge and easily develop ideas.The school systems around the world have a structured system that prevents students from being exposed to other subjects, such