{"id":1599,"date":"2011-02-10T09:26:19","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T17:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:08","slug":"does-education-stifle-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/10\/does-education-stifle-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Education Stifle Creativity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/10\/does-education-stifle-creativity\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F02%2F10%2Fdoes-education-stifle-creativity%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>Education is meant to advance us, but what if it achieves the exact opposite?<\/p>\n<p>Questions about it have been raised for years, but there&#8217;s some fascinating and shocking evidence that education is actually squelching the creativity, and even the life force, from kids.<\/p>\n<p>For more, read my entire article on the LWL Worldwide blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/you-are-what-you-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You Are What You Know?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education is meant to advance us, but what if it achieves the exact opposite? 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