[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I am always a little skeptical of educators screaming about “creativity€ in elementary education. Young minds say 5 to 15 are generally simply neurologically ill equipped to handle ambiguity, probability and vagueness and “creativity”. Most people are not importantly creative. Most teachers are never going to produce an Isaac Newton, Henry Ford, John Locke, Gauss etc. Children need certainty. In mathematics they need an algorithmic approach, in history they need facts such as George Washington crossed the Delaware not the intricacies of Federalist policies in 1787. etc. etc. They can learn to handle the uncertainties of life at about 18 to 25

[demshateGod]

That’s true, but the rote learning of facts must all be focused on achieving a moral goal. For a Christian, all education must be designed to conform us into the image of Christ. Government schools can’t do that.

[BfloGuy]

Most people are not importantly creative.

Amen. Classical education never worried about creativity. You had it or you didn't. But you damned well better have learned Latin, Greek, History, and Mathematics.

What you did with those eventually was up to you.