Is it needed?

Is Creativity or Liberal Arts more important to teach in school?

            I think you need a little bit of both in schools because, you need both in order to be successful in any task. You need to know the basics when you try to be creative in order to create any idea you have. Also there is no point of learning the basics if you are not going to apply your new found knowledge into something productive. Both are needed to complete even the most basic of task. The work together just as your two legs work together when walking.

            Creativity can give someone the drive to do something worth-while. Creativity is what all great inventers used in order to create the next big thing. Creativity is what gives people the drive to improve already invented objects to improve quality of living. Creativity is what can get you a better grade by going above and beyond with any task you have.

            Liberal arts are needed so people can at least know how to function in the most basic conversations. Without this people may be out of the loop a lot because, of the lack of knowledge that a person knows. With liberal arts people can be creative in a lot of ways. A person may not be the smartest person in the world but, if they combine the two they can accomplish a lot. Both things are needed in to even make it out of elementary school. They wont let you leave without knowing how to read and write. Also they assign you projects where you have to think outside of the box and the more creative usually the better the grade. Even in 1^st grade they try to teach you simple math and reward you by coloring pictures. Most may think of it as just coloring but, you are using your brain to create your ideas.

Weekly Dosage

              This week’s word are creativity, innovation, and will. Creativity is when you think outside of the box by making something different from everyone else. Creativity is needed in order to make your work unique. Innovation is when you strive to improve already invented objects. Innovation is always needed in order to improve living among people. Will is what drives people to accomplish the smallest or biggest goals no matter how hard it is. This is always needed in the work force because, if you are working with another person it can help you work fast and more efficient. When you use all three of these things together nothing can stand in your way.

which means more to you???

 

Is Creativity or Liberal Arts more important to teach in school?

            I think you need a little bit of both in schools because, you need both in order to be successful in any task. You need to know the basics when you try to be creative in order to create any idea you have. Also there is no point of learning the basics if you are not going to apply your new found knowledge into something productive. Both are needed to complete even the most basic of task. The work together just as your two legs work together when walking.

            Creativity can give someone the drive to do something worth-while. Creativity is what all great inventers used in order to create the next big thing. Creativity is what gives people the drive to improve already invented objects to improve quality of living. Creativity is what can get you a better grade by going above and beyond with any task you have.

            Liberal arts are needed so people can at least know how to function in the most basic conversations. Without this people may be out of the loop a lot because, of the lack of knowledge that a person knows. With liberal arts people can be creative in a lot of ways. A person may not be the smartest person in the world but, if they combine the two they can accomplish a lot. Both things are needed in to even make it out of elementary school. They wont let you leave without knowing how to read and write. Also they assign you projects where you have to think outside of the box and the more creative usually the better the grade. Even in 1^st grade they try to teach you simple math and reward you by coloring pictures. Most may think of it as just coloring but, you are using your brain to create your ideas.

 

 

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True value of liberal arts

What is the value of liberal arts???

“Liberal arts is founded on a whole person, developing a person athletically and academically. Liberal arts is going international. The 21st century is one of entrepreneurship and innovation. There will not be fixed careers. The liberal arts teaches you to think outside the box.”

By: Professor Chopp

 

Liberal arts not only helps you get a degree for a major of your choice but, generally educates you in the basics. By the basics I mean things such as math and reading. Some may think you may not use these skills in the real world but they are sadly mistaken. No one will want to hire a person who can’t do basic math to solve simple problems. Or won’t be able to complete a task from their boss because, they can’t read and understand what the boss emailed them to do.

            In the quote from this week’s readings it Professor Chopp it speaks that entrepreneurship is a major thing in today’s 21^st century. Without knowing the basics there is no way a person can run and/or properly maintain a business. Some may say that the math that is thought today such as calculus will never be needed if I want to be a fireman or something that doesn’t really involve advanced math. With that comment a person is wrong because, when people do harder levels of math it keeps the brain working and helps you intake information better. So in fact these hard problems that everyone hates is in fact making you smarter.

            Also learning liberal arts is good just for being educated and knowing what you are talking about. When leaving college most schools want you to be at a certain intellectual level. For example do you really want to have a doctor operate on you if they can’t read off of a paper what’s wrong with you???

Blog A

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A trip downtown…

                     A few weeks ago I went downtown for the first time to go to a club. I was kind of excited but, I was also kind of nervous. I heard stories about how the buses sometimes stop working after a certain time and I didn’t want to walk back to campus. So when we got to downtown it was nice and it reminded me about New York a little bit. We ended up taking a cab home because, we were too afraid to depend on anything else. The overall feel when downtown was a good one. I lived in the city my whole life and it felt good to see some stores around and buildings in order to make me feel like I am home.  

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Weekly Dosage...

          This week’s words are innovation, intelligence, and dedication. Innovation is when you try to think outside of the box in order to create something different. This is needed in order to create great things and inventions. Intelligence is how smart someone is and that is needed in order to make your dream become a reality. Dedication is when you put all of your energy into one thing. When you combine these three things any task can be completed. One would be able to impress themselves when they set their mind to something and with some smarts you can turn that idea into a reality.

How My Peers Feel…

Blog B

One great question that I read from one of my peers is that “are schools at fault for killing creativity?” by Jeff. I feel that some schools are because, some school wants kids to be only taught one way and teachers are frowned a pun for not following the procedures. One example is that I went to a catholic school and they wanted us to be taught the way they wanted. Also at this school they only gave us textbooks that they approved for us to be taught out of. They feel that some textbooks teach thing that go against the catholic beliefs so they didn’t want us to read it.

I felt that it is not fair because, they are withholding information from us. So they choose to have their student to remain ignorant in certain topics because, they didn’t agree with it. In my high school they didn’t even want to teach revolution because, they felt it went against god. So I do agree that it is the schools fault that peoples creativity is not as good as it could be. Some schools hold back its students in order to have the student body act a certain way. It is as if they try to program us to think a certain way which is bad and can hold back students.

I also agree with jeff when he said that the schools hold them back with the point that he gave with the child dancer with A.D.D. I feel that this is a strong response because, he stated information  from an outside source to back up his opinion which can make his argument valid. I can apply this to my studying skills because, sometimes just learning the material isn’t enough. When using outside sources to help better understand a topic can help you out in the long run.

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