My grandfather was the most creative man I have ever met. I think before MacGyver and the Duct Tape/WD-40 paradigm he was building nuclear subs out of fiberglass and chicken wire. My daughter amazes me how she can create her own little worlds out of ordinary things around her. While I agree that our education system has fallen behind when compared to other developed countries (I believe #18 at last report) the other, perhaps more important, factor is imagination.
I always had a vivid imagination and was never really TAUGHT to have an imagination. Not even sure if that's anything that CAN be taught. But in my experience innovation is 40% imagination, 30% education, and 30% perspiration. You have to be able to envision the new and unknown, you have to have the tools in your belt to transfer it to the tangible, and then the drive to actually make it happen.
I still believe in the greatness of America and in the imagination we all have just waiting to be unlocked.
Who holds the key?
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