Comments on: Creativity is not a waste of time http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/creativity-is-not-a-waste-of-time/ A Home for Theatrefolk's Amazing Playwrights Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:37:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lindsay Price http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/creativity-is-not-a-waste-of-time/#comment-2980 Lindsay Price Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:16:56 +0000 http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/?p=2916#comment-2980 And thing about pushing math and science on kids is that there's no guarantee in those fields either. There are a glut of science post docs right now and not enough university posts for them. So it's a fallacy to say that it's 'better' to be in math and science. It's just not true. And thing about pushing math and science on kids is that there’s no guarantee in those fields either. There are a glut of science post docs right now and not enough university posts for them. So it’s a fallacy to say that it’s ‘better’ to be in math and science. It’s just not true.

]]> By: Ty Unglebower http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/creativity-is-not-a-waste-of-time/#comment-2973 Ty Unglebower Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:53:56 +0000 http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/?p=2916#comment-2973 I am glad you made the point about creativity being needed in every career, and just about every facet of life also. Even people who eschew creativity in favor of other things don't seem to know that the things they support require creativity. And at the risk of sounding pompous, I think few things encourage the development of creativity as trait more than being exposed to the arts. Especially at a young age. Music. Art. Drama, of course. They all contribute to skills that are useful throughout life even outside of the arts. There is a math and science fetish in the educational system in this country, and there has been ever since studies indicated we were "behind" other countries in those fields. But the approach to those disciplines has not caught up with the times. So we get cuts in the arts, and more focus on the non-arts. I am glad you made the point about creativity being needed in every career, and just about every facet of life also. Even people who eschew creativity in favor of other things don’t seem to know that the things they support require creativity.

And at the risk of sounding pompous, I think few things encourage the development of creativity as trait more than being exposed to the arts. Especially at a young age. Music. Art. Drama, of course. They all contribute to skills that are useful throughout life even outside of the arts.

There is a math and science fetish in the educational system in this country, and there has been ever since studies indicated we were “behind” other countries in those fields. But the approach to those disciplines has not caught up with the times. So we get cuts in the arts, and more focus on the non-arts.

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