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reading what everyone says and thinking about what creativity is and ways in which it can be implemented makes me wonder..

for thanksgiving, i visited a friend of mine who studies in boston. he goes to a business school in boston and studies finance, economics and the stock market - all things which he is very passionate about and loves. thing is, as good as he is with things related to business, he lacks or has stubbed any ounce of creativity he once had. he has never been a good artist, isn't fond of the arts or literature or anything related to it - he says he doesn't understand it, that it doesn't make any sense to him, but, if asked to choreograph a dance, or organize an event, he jumps right into it, that he can do very well.

and that makes me question things - can't creativity be incorporated into all areas of study? can't a science class be creative? in high school, my friends business teacher made them design things, do projects, engage people in their products and find new ways to market things - and he loved all of this. it made him become more passionate about what he wanted to study. and the manner in which she structured the class made it possible for dry economic theories to become interesting, for matter that students didn't care about to become the base of what they did, and so they were able to effectively learn and remember the tools they needed to give exams and tests.

can't this be done in a science class? or a literature class? after all, a science inclined student knows how to analyze data, they know how to observe reactions and measure things - these skills can be used to look at novels, they can be used to analyze a picture. creativity doesn't have to be drawing something or acting or dancing, it can be learning how to do things in a different way, it can be looking at things from your perspective and doing so in a manner that sheds light on the subject matter from a new angle.

this is not to say that the arts shouldn't exist, by all means, they hold a very important part in the education system, or, they should. but that doesn't mean that they have to be their own individual sect, bringing the arts into subject matter outside their realm teach people effective people skills, or, they can.