Raul Cuero's Interview about Creativity

"The intellectual culture in academia has been lost[....]we should not send the children to school just to learn to get a job. We should send the children to school to be exposed to knowledge, to gain knowing[...] most of the jobs are mechanical, and when it is mechanical it's very limited, so you limit the kids..." -Cuero

After watching Raul Cuero's interview about Creativity, I was caught up in this part of it. This has always been a topic that I have felt strongly about. Children are supposed to be the future of our society, yet they have traditionally been taught in such a structured style that it would sometimes leave little room for creativity. That creativity needs to be cultivated and grown into ideas and beliefs that can open the future for so much more.

I would love to see the education system evolve into a setting where all children feel they have the opportunities to learn to their fullest extent. It is also my hope that the schools steer away from forcing too much state testing on the students because I find that it often limits the actual gain of knowledge. Just like Cuero said, it is, in my eyes, very mechanical and limiting.

I've noticed changes in these patterns over time, and I'm always inspired to see classes on coding or science or art offered as student electives for young adults. To see the excitement on their faces as they take technology and grow with it is amazing to me, and gives me a new hope for the future.