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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (34689)	4/13/1999 1:05:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Can creativity be taught? Children are spontaneously creative, at least mine are. My father's mother was a gifted painter, without any formal training. My mother has a Master's in Fine Art, and is a telephone solicitor. My perception is that one can be taught techniques, but not creativity. Thus, when an older friend asked my opinion about paying for his daughter to go to art school, my question was, is she an artist? Answer, no, but she hasn't been to art school yet. Wrong, IMHO. Real artists don't need to be taught to be artists, creative artists can't be stopped, they create like you and I breathe.

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (34689)	4/13/1999 1:13:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 108807

I should add that my opinions may be snobbish and elitist, but are based on observation of many professional artists, not just my grandmother - - painters, photographers, musicians, poets.

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (34689)	4/13/1999 4:16:00 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I disagree with almost everything you wrote. I must be a very bad teacher indeed, because the greatest pleasure that I get is when a student comes up with an original, promising idea well worth pursuing. Note how many home-schooled students are shining -- as in Intel's Science Prize. Obligatory Anecdote: My eldest son was learning a great deal of Greek in first grade, largely by deriving the meanings of dinosaur names. He had a collection of toy reptiles which he took to school, did show and tell, and stimulated many of the other students to bug their parents for further information and derivations of Greek-based words. We got this letter from his teacher. Dear Mr.& Mrs. **** Your son B* knows an enormous amount about dinosaurs and Greek words. He has stimulated an enormous interest in dinosurs and language among his classmates. This is very disruptive and must be stopped. Sincerely, (el stupido) Of course, it was. Had I been the teacher I would have welcomed the opportunity to teach them Greek and paleonology until they got bored and we went on to other things.