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So I found this interesting article that speaks about the necessity of creativity and the necessary approaches to tap into it. Its interesting to read what methods are suggested. This goes along with our discussion of teachers and whether or not they need to know the brain to tap into their students and just "know" the best ways to facilitate and engage.

I found the following statement particularly intriguing: :Rena Subotnik, a researcher with the American Psychological Association, has studied children’s progression into adult creative careers. Kids do best when they are allowed to develop deep passions and pursue them wholeheartedly—at the expense of well-roundedness. “Kids who have deep identification with a field have better discipline and handle setbacks better,” she noted. By contrast, kids given superficial exposure to many activities don’t have the same centeredness to overcome periods of difficulty. "

I find it interesting that a student must develop deep passion and pursue theses passions wholeheartedly at the expense of well-roundedness. Does  this suggest that well-roundedness falls short of being a characteristic needed to engage in and move up within creative careers? If so, what does that say about what defines "adult creative careers"? What is lost in the process or 'missing' within a student pursuing his/her deep passions?

Please do read this article: http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/12/forget-brainstorming.html