Initially, my response was, “I’m not. I’m not creative.” Then I gave it a second thought and realized, well, writing this blog post makes me creative. I wonder how many others posted this exact response.
But, just as I was about to close my computer, it hit me—I am creative. Standing in front of middle school kids every day, teaching social studies, requires a lot of creativity. How does one keep their interest and spark curiosity in a topic so they want to explore it further? That takes creativity. Managing classroom behavior also demands creativity. Yelling, scolding, and threatening? Sure, they might work occasionally, but those methods wear thin quickly.
And let’s not forget the constant need to adapt lessons for neurodiversity within each class. Creating variations of the same lesson to meet the needs of every student—that’s creativity in action.
In the end, I am creative. As someone said, “Teaching is an Art!”
Everything and Nothing ...you decide. 