The anti-creativity age

My mom always said that my brother probably would have been diagnosed with ADD if he had grown up with me, ten years later.  He was just a typical boy, but it has become apparent that we are over-diagnosing kids who have differences.  They have a learning disability, or a mental health problem.  In a way these things are good, but in a way it has become clear that we are stifling students' creativity because when they are different, we medicate them or send them to therapy.


There is also little time in school these days to let kids be kids and to let them really explore different mediums.  We are so focused on standardized testing, and holding teachers accountable for teaching each student as if they are exactly the same, that there is absolutely no time or room for risk to let students learn in their own way and there is no funding for the arts in schools.  Our goal for students should not be having them achieve academic and financial success, but having them become reflective and positive adults. In my opinion.