In most cases schools do appear to diminish creativity. In general his statement about the common school hierarchy, having Mathematics and Language on top, followed by the Social Sciences, and finally art and music at the bottom, contains a large deal of truth.
Take for example my high school. We were required to take a certain number of each subject in order to graduate. At the top of the list was Mathematics and the language subjects with a minimum requirement of four years for each subject.
Science and Social studies required at least three. We were required to take three years of foreign language. However the arts were far less. I believe only two were required for art and none were required for Music. The remainder was left to electives. This is also the case for most colleges as you may of already noticed.
It is for that very reason that creativity is squandered by the educational system. By requiring less exposure to such subjects its all to easy to see why creativity is falling at an unprecedented rate.
By simply requiring more subjects dealing with arts and music, and by encouraging students to explore these subjects more thoroughly, we can help improve upon this problem. Another solution is to allow students more decisions about what classes they can take and allow them to focus more on subjects that appeal to them.
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I agree with you, and think your method of fixing the problem with creativity and schools should be implemented. Though maybe not requiring students to take more arts, because some people are less than talented (such as my self) in the majority of artistic endeavors. Perhaps just giving more leeway in terms of required classes.
Well some people aren't that great at the other subjects either. Even if you aren't talented at art or music you can still take a class and improve. Most art classes base there scores not so much on talent but on being able to follow directions and try to perform the technique. Also you can learn about art through a lecture type class instead of a hands on class.
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