Best of Week: Born into Brothels

This past week we watched a documentary if you will on Indian kids Born Into Brothels. The documentary is about Indian kids who are born in a terrible part of India were their parents are crimminals and there lifes look very bleek.
     An American teacher decided while in India studying this area, that these kids are a story in and of itself. So she decided to teach them about photography. She held her own photography class to help teach kids about photography and the hope of puting these kids into a good school.
     I thought this was a good idea to help these kids. There are so many bad neighborhoods and to give a child, whose life looks to be meaningless, a chance to be able to make a difference is a true gift and means a lot to that child.
     While watching the moviei could tell that most parents wanted their child to succeed but they had their own vision of success and it wasn't the best option for them. So i was very happy to see these kids have a good life based on the fact that someone took the time to help these kids find something they love.

Connection: Creativity Crisis & My mother. 09/18/2012

Connection: Creativity & My mothers classroom

After first reading the article, Creativity Crisis, my first impression was that the United States was headed in a bad direction, creativity wise. I needed a real life example, something I could relate to. I asked my mom, who teaches kindergarten at Joseph Sears School, what she thought about the article and this is what she said.

     My mom was very intrigued by the article and how it almost perfectly reflects what she thinks is wrong with American schools. I always here my mom talk about how she never has time to let her kids have fun. There is a schedule almost as heavy as middle school. She even complains on the fact that her class doesn't have gym or recess everyday. Some days are only filled with curriculum. Many of her parents, whose kids are already excelling in her class, are asking her to tudor her kids beaches they feel they aren't smart enough. 

     As the article mentions, there is only one answer in the curriculum she is handed. She has to come up with material in which her kids need to think of more than one answer in order to engage their minds. She knows that some things only have one answer and that it would be to much trouble to create more answers but she does anyway. 

     My mom wishes some scientist would come to her school and experiment with her kids to let others know that the current teaching system is not beneficial to the kids creativity. Hopefully one day someone will convince her school that they need to change their ways.

Captured Thought: A World WIthout Creativity

Where would the world be if there was no creativity? Would that mean any creative invention ever made not exist? What is the importance of creativity? In my opinion, a world without creativity means no hockey or sport activities of any kind. Everyone would just sit and do nothing. I believe this world was built off creativity. If it had not been for Einstein's creative mind, would we still have electricity? Wow would the world have been a depressing place to live. Everyone would wear black and white clothing and have black and white lives. There would be no fun and everyday would be the exact same. Wake up to your plain and bland spouse, the go to you plain old job, go home to your plain old house and family and go to bed only to start the same damn routine all over again. The importance of creativity is to bring liveliness to our world. Creativity gives kids and adults the ability to think outside the box and not just draw one conclusion but hundreds of conclusions and even more questions. Why is the sky blue? Does it have something to do with the mixture of Gases that lie in our planets atmosphere? These questions and answers are a part of the basis of creativity. Which in turn makes this world so enjoyable to live in. There are days were a never think about what a world would be like without creativity, and I am glad that I live in a very creative world.