Creativity (创造力) helps people a lot in many ways. Here is how schools and parents can help their children 1 their creativity.
Drew worked for a company in 1925. At work he invented a kind of material 2 enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Drew didn't stop and finally, using his own time, made a kind of tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his company learnt from its 3.
Now the company asks its workers to 4 15 per cent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas.
Creativity is not something one is just born with. A person with high intelligence does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of 5 your intelligence to think of new ideas that are good for something.
We know that many schools have tried to develop students' creativity, but some teachers only want to develop students reading, writing and Maths skills, and have to 6 creativity for correct answers. Children from such schools can give correct 7, but they are unable to use them to work out problems.
It is important to give children choices. From the earliest age, children should learn to make decisions and understand their 8. Even though it's choosing between two kinds of food for lunch, decision-making helps 9 skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money, but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may have a 10 time, but that is all right.
