Is school driving out your child’s creativity? Is a formal degree the only way to a fulfilling or financially rewarding career? Is your child’s degree making your child unhirable?
After fifteen years of teaching college students, Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang quit her job as a professor.
Kids are taught they need a college education to enjoy a fulfilling or financially rewarding life. But that isn’t true! Dr. Ai believes we might be doing a disservice to our kids by telling them college is the only way to succeed or that college education might be making them unhirable in the real world.
Today’s kids need permission to do everything. Kids are so afraid of making a mistake or not getting an “A” that don’t try! They don’t know how to think on their own. Our current educational system is driving the creativity, innovation, and curiosity out of our children. And we need to change that.
Tune into my conversation with Dr. Ai we discuss the loss of child creativity.
Is School Driving Out Your Child’s Creativity?
- Where does the best education begin?
- What can parents do to give their child an excellent education, not a quality one?
- Why do we have to teach our children to be learners?
- What should the purpose of education be?
- Where does the best education begin?
- Should everything be based on academics?
- What can parents do to give their child an excellent education, not a quality one?
It’s not uncommon for employers to unschool college grads so they can unlearn and relearn how to be creative.
What Can Parents Do to Maintain Their Child’s Creativity
- Stay informed.
- Stay critical
- Remember, the teacher doesn’t always know best.
- Embrace Failures
- Let our kids try and fail.
About Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang
Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang is an educator and an entrepreneur. She received her MA and Ph.D. in Communication from Syracuse University and the University of Maryland. Ai is the founder of Classroom Without Walls, an alternative school to future-proof the next generation. Ai is also an Adobe Insider, Adobe Education Leader, and HubSpot Academy Instructor. Dr. Ai additionally serves as a SEMrush Webinar guest and host.
References and Links
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- Read the super-chicken study.
- Visit Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang’s site, Classroom Without Walls
- Get Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang’s book Skip the Degree
- Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram
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