Education kills creativity?

Education is an important aspect of life and without it we cannot develop our modern life further. However the way education is organized in order to provide everyone a comprehensive development matters quite a lot.

I want to discuss about how education and creativity relate to each other. At school, from the elementary to the high school, paralyzing with academic lectures we have extra curriculum activities and elective classes. So actually, the school system in America supports the development of the students more roundly. However, there are still some lacks of creativity development perspectives in the education system. The teachers have not paid attention enough to the real potential of the students in class. According to the TED talk, Ken Robinson told a story about a girl who was moving in class during a test and the teacher asked her mom to take her to have some check outs. It turned out that she loved dancing and she was good at it so her mom sent her to a dance school so she could develop her ability better. However, not a lot of teachers could do that anywhere. It was just a rare example when you teach and you can discover someone's talent. Most of the time the teachers will tell the students to stop disturbing the class and write them detentions. That kills creativity. 

I also share with you guys my example beyond this country. I had my elementary and secondary education in Vietnam. The system is totally different there. But there is one thing that was wrong that makes me remember the most back in time. When we started to learn how to write and spell, if a student tended to write by her or his left hand then she or he would get punished. I am not sure why writing by the left hand was considered to be wrong back there in Vietnam. However, I think that is pretty stupid because as I have studied, writing by the left hand could balance your brain better and it helps you potentially being more creative. The teachers purposely made the students to change their ability in learning. That kills creativity. 

What should we do to stop this? We should have more well rounded education. The teachers should be more aware of their student's potentials. Parents should encourage and let their children go to the schools that can elevate their talents. Everyone deserves to have a better education where the creativity is put ahead. Lastly, being able to learn with your ability and develop your talents is really important in order to develop creativity. Because creativity is very important to the human beings as I have proved in many previous posts.