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different that could possibly change the future of the entire world. Such dictating
education system curbs creativity from flourishing. In schools, students are taught
the same mathematical principles, the same literary derivations, the same historical
events; and the students are expected to never question the textbooks and the teach-
ers, they are expected to grasp everything they are told, no matter what their opin-
ion is. Restricting a human mind to believe that a poem, say, the poems Lamb and
Tyger by William Blake have a singular meaning, and that they are poems about the
fierceness of a tiger and innocence of a lamb, is nothing but a way to restrict a
child’s imaginative faculties, and unfortunately, that is what happens in schools
across the world. Even in the case of subjects that purely require imagination, stu-
dents are instructed to visualize in a singular fashion, and any sort of wavering from
the exact teaching of the concerned teacher, makes their grades fall. Our education
system inculcates within us a fixed path towards success. However, the problem
that arises is that everyone in the world is following the same path and patterns to
reach the top of their respective industries. Therefore, creativity is everything for a
person to make unconventional things happen and walk on a road not taken towards
success. It is creativity within a person’s character, which sets her apart from the
crowd. Thinking out of the box is a concept that is highly emphasized upon in to-
day’s world. In understanding this statement, what needs to be understood is that
the ‘box’ is our education. The ‘box’ is something that every person know and can
think about because it is the knowledge that has been imparted on them through
education. Thinking ‘out of the box’, or thinking beyond our education, is what
constitutes to a prosperous person in every domain. Education deprives people of
practicality. Practical subjects like business, music and creative writing are also
taught in schools. And sure, it is important to know the basics of any art that a per-
son wishes to follow, but the over-emphasis on theory is what ruins the art. Students
are taught the theories and are expected to create new things while strictly comply-
ing with them. By trying to make the students aware of the creative work of other
people, schools make the mistake of terming them as ‘theories’ or ‘rules’. It is im-
portant to remember that when Shakespeare created the format and rhyming scheme
of the English sonnet, he did so without consulting any rules; and his creation