Are we squelching critical and creative thinking?
Several years ago, a little boy I know set out to make and enter a project in the state fair. He gathered his supplies, came up with a design, and forged a hand-crafted knife – blade and all.
While his creation was quite impressive, the state fair was not amused and refused to let him enter his creation over fear about the type of message it would send.
Fortunately for this young boy, his parents continued to encourage his creativity and ingenuity even when the fair did not, and today he is in college about to graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering.
But what about all the other little boys (and girls) in the U.S. who don’t receive encouragement to use their imaginations and invent or create something? Are we hindering something which could be of great help to our children and nation?
https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/why-children-should-be-encouraged-build-things
