Sunday, July 10, 2011

Standardised education is killing creativity.

This from the States but could equally apply to what is happening in New Zealand.
"Buckminster Fuller said, "Look into the eyes of a newborn baby and you will see the spark and the soul of a genius."
So, why do we take that baby and spend 12-plus years schooling its genius out?"
http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/opinion/columnists/x1498053445/Nardone-Standardized-education-is-killing-U-S-creativity#axzz1Rho9t1no

1 comment:

  1. Hi Wayne,

    Was just googling my own article for today's blog post and noticed you posted it here. Thanks!

    One of my fav Alan Alda quotes. It's so funny because I gave it out as a "gift" in my wild writing class this past monday. am talking about my article today on my site. Thx, Giulietta

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