Creativity is a fundamental component of humanity. It is an individual thinking outside of "the box," or figuring out a new solution to a certain problem. One without creativity is forced to live a robotic life, going through the same monotonous tasks everyday. "The Creative Crisis," published by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, explains that, after looking at the results of a creative test, called the Torrance Test, society's creativity has lowered since 1990. How can we combat this serious issue? Instead of finding a creative solution to this creativity problem, the first option seems to be a class on creativity. However, a class on creativity is definitely not the best resolution. According to the Torrance Test, the biggest portion of people hit by the decline in creativity is children from kindergarden to sixth …show more content…
We do not learn Mathematics in English class, do we? While some classes mention topics from different subjects, we do a wonderful job keeping them separate. With this in mind, why would we let topics from Creativity Class "taint" other subjects? If there is a class dedicated to creativity, many teachers would feel that it is not their responsibility to keep creativity in their classes. This would hinder creativity even more, considering it should be present in every subject. Lastly, and debatably the biggest concern, is the actual teaching of a creative class. How would one teach others to think creatively? If a teacher tries to instruct students on how to be creative, it will limit their own thoughts, therefore hindering the kids' own creativity. The teacher could try to guide them, but even this can easily repress originality. In actuality, creativity is not something that can be taught. It is not just knowledge, even though knowledge helps one think of creative things that could be reliable solutions; it is inherent in every human being from the moment they are