Sure! But the linked article is pretending that “creativity” was a feature of the good ol’ “masculine” education system, whereas the new “feminized” one is more about conformity. And he only manages to make that claim sorta kinda believable-if-you-don’t-pay-attention by putting those in the middle of big lists of other adjectives that might apply.
He may actually be referring to a mode of education that did foster creativity, but I find it more likely that he’s just accepting the modern creativity-as-applause-light and using that applause light to make his side look better.
Verging away from the original point, I think creativity is worth pursuing on it’s own, but isn’t particularly worth admiring on it’s own. Being creative will help you make better bridges or cars or paintings (so “creativity” is an important concept when designing a curriculum, or hiring engineers, or considering your own self-improvement), but judging a painting or a piece of music by how “creative” it is makes almost as little sense as judging a bridge by how impressive that maths used to design it were.
I prefer to think in terms of “creative problem-solving” or “artistic skill” rather than “creativity”—at least those can’t be used to describe random originality (“u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol”).
On the other hand, the fact that I made it reflects that creativity is the applause light of the new system… which does not automatically mean that the new system really supports creativity (and in some other discussion I could be the one who opposes this), but at least we should not include it to the other list without a proper discussion.
More meta: comparing two systems by providing a list of adjectives is an evidence for mindkilling.
Sure! But the linked article is pretending that “creativity” was a feature of the good ol’ “masculine” education system, whereas the new “feminized” one is more about conformity. And he only manages to make that claim sorta kinda believable-if-you-don’t-pay-attention by putting those in the middle of big lists of other adjectives that might apply.
He may actually be referring to a mode of education that did foster creativity, but I find it more likely that he’s just accepting the modern creativity-as-applause-light and using that applause light to make his side look better.
Verging away from the original point, I think creativity is worth pursuing on it’s own, but isn’t particularly worth admiring on it’s own. Being creative will help you make better bridges or cars or paintings (so “creativity” is an important concept when designing a curriculum, or hiring engineers, or considering your own self-improvement), but judging a painting or a piece of music by how “creative” it is makes almost as little sense as judging a bridge by how impressive that maths used to design it were.
I prefer to think in terms of “creative problem-solving” or “artistic skill” rather than “creativity”—at least those can’t be used to describe random originality (“u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol”).
Oops, my mistake.
On the other hand, the fact that I made it reflects that creativity is the applause light of the new system… which does not automatically mean that the new system really supports creativity (and in some other discussion I could be the one who opposes this), but at least we should not include it to the other list without a proper discussion.
More meta: comparing two systems by providing a list of adjectives is an evidence for mindkilling.