How Schools Kill Creativity

This is a really interesting video that talks about why schools are not set up to help kids who need a creative outlet.

A note from The Just Fix It Girl.

How can something so perfect be viewed as something wrong.

I want to talk to you about a place that means the world to me. In this place I learned to grow, I learned to be kind to others, I learned to take charge of something if I felt strongly about it, I learned how to be an individual and to be proud of it! Most importantly, I learned that to learn you don't have to sit in front of chalk board and listen to someone else talk, you learn by doing. That is what the Montessori school system is all about, hands on, doing it yourself. I am a graduate from Clanmore Montessori school in Oakville, Ontario. I spent nine amazing years there. I sometimes think, who would I be now if I hadn't gone there? Clanmore is not just a school where you learn math and science and English, the Clanmore philosophy is a way of life. That strong philosophy molded me into the person I am today. The reason I started this blog is not to just talk about how great Clanmore is. Clanmore is losing children in there upper elementary (grade 4 - 6). The parents are pulling them out because they don't think they are "learning enough" just because Clanmore doesn't have a huge gym and a computer lab and the kids aren't sitting in front of a chalk board. What the parents don't get, is it's not about what the school has, but what their children would take away with them from the school which is: knowledge, a love of learning and perhaps most importantly, a strong sense of self.

When I was in lower elementary (grade 1 - 3) someone got in a fight with someone else and our teacher (who is the best teacher I have ever had) came up with a little rhyme, No Shame, No Blame, No Apologies, No Excuses - Just Fix It! That is what I'm doing I am going to fix this problem because I do not want any child to miss out on the experience that I had. So you can just call me "The Fix It Girl."

Check out the Clanmore website http://www.clanmoremontessori.com

You can E-mail me at the-fix-it-movement@live.com