Have a beautiful day Paul
Something I taught my 11 yo: If you're asked a question in school, on a test for example, that's a clue about how to solve it. It means it can be solved using techniques you already know. This is a difference between school and the real world.
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School is where you're punished for making mistakes, life is where your rewarded to make mistakes (eventually).
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Alas, schools have so much time available for washing the kids' brains into fearing mistakes that many never recover
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If it's genuinely creative, how can it be taught?
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Also when you're asked a question in school they don't necessarily want any right answer, they want the answer they've told you to give.
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In the real world, asking the right question is often more than half the solution.
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As predicted, I forgot which famous mathematician used to say this: http://paulgraham.com/know.html
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Wild idea, maybe not so: PreK-4th grade should be focused on thinking and creativity and logic. Sharpen the knife sort of thing.
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Wait, RL is not multiple choice: Many choices, but just one unicorn?
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