If creativity and free-thinking are the characteristics of many of the greatest

Question: If creativity and free-thinking are the characteristics of many of the greatest people in our history!.!.!.!?

why do schools try so hard to suppress it!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Because it's not the traditional way to think and behave!. Many of the greatest thinkers and philosophers were ridiculed while they were alive because they did not conform to society's expectations!. Today, most people think that if schools aren't highly rigid and kids are allowed to be creative, they will become rebels!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Because UNDIRECTED creativity and free-thinking is pointless!.

If you like, you can invent a cozy for unicorn horns!. Tutus for ballet-dancing bears!. I'm sure whatever they're like they'll be very inventive and creative!. I'm also sure you're not likely to actually live off the proceeds of such inventions!.

While it is valuable to think outside the box, it is also valuable to know where the box is and what's going on inside it!. Scientists seldom make progress by starting from scratch - they build on (or tear down!) what came before!.

And that is a large part of the point!. No matter how fantastic you are, you have to obey society's laws and you have to be able to translate your fantastic ideas into something that an average schmo can use and understand!. Or you would be better off and more productive to society plodding along uninterestingly, sad as that may be!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

While I agree with the concept of public education, I also agree with you that it is managed improperly!. To stifle individual thought and merely cram facts into a young adult's head only manages to perpetuate a society that cannot think for itself and can only contribute to a zombie-like consumer market!. We force children to ignore their imaginations and then subject them to the insipid imaginings of someone else (have you watched cartoons recently!?)!. Cramming facts should be done for smaller children, but once they start developing the traits of adults, such as independent thought and individual ambition, schools should encourage a wide range of education and not simply follow the same school structure for the rest of their teenage years!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Because many schools -- public but private too! -- are more concerned with producing a standardized "product"!. And most public schools certainly don't have the facilities, faculty or time to nurture individual creativity!. (Most private schools could have a different agenda that discourages "free thinkers"!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't know about free thinking, but my school doesn't suppress creativity!. I have 3 different art classes :D

ceramics, art III, and art history!
I love my electives ^^Www@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!.schools are structured in curriculum!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com