Hobby Clubs

In his majestic book ‘Sapiens A Brief History of Mankind’, Yuval Noah Harare gives imagination due credit in the overall success of Homo Sapiens. He attributes things like Religion, Economy and country to be extreme manifestation – The Imagined Realities – which brought us, have kept us, and have allowed us to grow together! In his excellent book- The Runaway Species, Neuroscientist David Eagleman & Anthony a Composer, are extremely candid about the need to develop an environment to support creativity. If we want a bright future for our children, we need to re-calibrate our priorities. At the speed the world is changing, the old playbooks for living and working will inevitably be supplanted – and we need to prepare our children to author the new ones. We must distinctly understand that Future job requirements are unknown, and creativity will be the key to survival- not only of our children, but of our species on whole. However today Creativity is burdened under expectations. The need to provide a sustainable environment to pamper imagination and creativity is not reflected in our education systems. Creativity is a driver of youthful discovery and expression – but it becomes stifled in deference to proficiency that are more easily measured and tested. This side-lining of creative learning may reflect larger societal trends. Teachers typically prefer the well-behaved student to the creative one, who is often perceived as rocking the boat. You must watch “Do Schools Kill Creativity?”,  A wonderful TED Talk by Sir Ken Robinson