The school systems are designed to teach us students to be
analytically dominant (in opposition of being creative) [left brain/right brain
concept] because it is much easier to control an analytically dominant society
in comparison to a society that is very creative. Hence why our society is
designed in a way where the majority of the population is sitting at the
bottom, and only a minute few are standing on top.
Think about it...
In school you are taught to sit in an alignment of desks, where you have to raise your hand before you can talk. If you talk out of line you are reprimanded, even if what you were trying to say is creatively valid. We are told the facts and we have to live by those facts. Most educators, if creatively questioned become frustrated because the questioning causes a disruption of their jobs and what they are supposed to be doing. A creative discussion can put the class almost a whole lesson behind in some cases, which can look really bad for the educator. What their jobs are and what they are supposed to do, is defined by those few people who stand on top. If the educators do not hold up to how they are supposed to do their jobs, they will put themselves at risk to being fired. So the cycle goes around and around where creative thinking is almost discouraged, and free thinking is almost non-existent.
In school you are taught to sit in an alignment of desks, where you have to raise your hand before you can talk. If you talk out of line you are reprimanded, even if what you were trying to say is creatively valid. We are told the facts and we have to live by those facts. Most educators, if creatively questioned become frustrated because the questioning causes a disruption of their jobs and what they are supposed to be doing. A creative discussion can put the class almost a whole lesson behind in some cases, which can look really bad for the educator. What their jobs are and what they are supposed to do, is defined by those few people who stand on top. If the educators do not hold up to how they are supposed to do their jobs, they will put themselves at risk to being fired. So the cycle goes around and around where creative thinking is almost discouraged, and free thinking is almost non-existent.
I once had a kid in a couple of my high school classes who
would always ask questions that were way over everybody’s heads. Most of the
time, the educator would get frustrated at the kid for asking a non-analytical
question. He was basically the joke of the class and was treated very poorly by
his surrounding classmates. It’s unfortunate because this kid had something so
powerful that very few others had - he had the ability to freely and creatively
think. Everybody else looked at him like he was crazy because we are all taught
to be so loyal to analytical thinking. I don’t know what this kid is doing now,
but I do know that he is going to make a huge discovery and impact in this
world because he has something that almost no one else has.
Unfortunately, we are caught up in this society that
discourages creative thinking, and it is almost the norm to think analytically.
Even more unfortunate is that until our society decides to stand up to the
system, and as a whole start to think in creative manner, we will forever be
stuck in a reality of the many people sitting on the bottom and the few people
sitting on top.
To conclude, I’m not saying that we need to completely
abandon the analytical thinking train wagon, nor am I saying that we need to
think only in a creative manner. Analytical
thinking is definitely something that is a necessity in building our society.
Without analytical thinking, there would be no systems. Without systems, there
would be complete and utter chaos. So what I am saying is that we need to
somehow find more of a balance of teaching students to think analytically, and
to think creatively and freely. We need to not discourage children to think
creatively and freely. You may say that there is no discouraging when it comes
to creative thinking. Oh no? Well then why do the students in my classes look
at the one kid who thinks creatively as the laughing stock of the class? There
is a discouragement of creative thinking and no one can deny it. All I am
saying is that we need to find a balance.
