Killing Creativity
An art teacher told her students:"Today we're going to draw something."
One child, took his drawing pad out and drew the margins, wrote his class, date, and name. The teacher came around to him and said:
"Why'd you take your drawing pad out? Did I tell you too? Wait till I give all the instructions, and do things exactly as I say!"
She then went to the front of the class and told the students"
"We're going to make a flower"
The same child, took his color pencils, drew a pretty ten petal, blue flower with a purple center, a red stem, and lots of yellow leaves. The teacher noticed him busy at work, came around to him and said:
"Did I tell you to follow my instrucitons? Erase your flower, and draw one with 5 red petals, a yellow center, two green leaves, and a brown stem."
The teacher went on to draw the perfect flower on the board so that all the children could follow her instrucitons. The student, looked at her flower, looked back at his, thought, "My flower is better than hers", but then being a good student did as he was told, erased his flower, and went on to draw one same to the one on the board.
Soon after this, the child was transferred to another school where he had another art teacher. This art teacher gave the class similar instrucitons:
"Today we're going to draw a flower in your art pads".
The teacher noticed that all the students were working except for the one student. She went to him and asked, why aren't you working, to which the student replied "You never told me to take out my drawing pad". The teacher, surprised, told him, "Take out your drawing pad now, and start drawing your flower".
The student took out his pad, and thought to himself for a minute. Then he drew a flower, 5 red petals, a yellow center, a brown stem, and 2 green leaves.
posted by Sarah @ 4:05 PM
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