How I Hope our Student's Can Dream

Mr. Richard Miller explained how the new Humanities are taking a form of fundamental learning to the next level and creatively writing with visual interpretation. I found this video fascinating and would enjoy learning how to teach in this way. I hope and pray for technology to continue on this path, to lead us to the capability of software that students can use for multiple learning styles to express themselves releasing the creativity of the next generation.

Far too long, American’s have seemed improperly focused on the aspect of numbers which mistakenly express the capabilities of the American youth to function at the same level as other countries. America is and always has been a place of free thought and ideas, so why then would our education system wish to stiffen the very uniqueness of the American Dream itself. Students of yesterday were allowed to dream impossible dreams, and image the unimaginable due to the possibilities of the unknown, yet today teachers are instructed not to encourage creative critical thought, but rather to teach students to pass standardized test in order to keep the status quo per the world. Why the same ingenious ingenuity of the old world wouldn’t, be fostered in the students of a great land full of extreme wonder and prosperity.

Mr. Miller stated that the Humanities and the Sciences needed to collaborate in order to assist in this change. I believe this to be true, as all science without creativity or vice versa can lead to a skewed view of the world. Without human thought coupled with technology what good are the advancements in themselves? We are the Human race, with great feeling, emotions and motivation. From the ancient classical Greek world and its beauty to the technology of this new millennium, we as a race need to experience knowledge in a beautiful way. This version of experiencing knowledge seems like a perfect example of how our future can encourage this generation’s ability to surpass our own awareness of what is possible, and allow them to continue to dream the dreams of childhood curiosities.