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PASSAGE NINETY-FIVE

Creative power

1.Five years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students.  

2.I put a small set of Tinkertoys in front of each student, and said: “Make something out of the Tinkertoys.  

3.You have 45 minutes today，and 45 minutes each day for the rest of the week.”

4.A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see the rest of the class would do.

5.Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided.  

6.Another group built something out of their own imaginations. Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time.  

7.His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home.  

8.I was delighted at the presence of such a student. Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work.  

9.His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect other students.

10.Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside. I ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking.  

11.Without fail one would declare, “But I’m just not creative.”

“Do you dream at night when you’re asleep?”

“Oh, sure.”

“So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.”  

12.The student would tell something wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads.  

13.“That’s pretty creative.  Who does that for you?”

“Nobody. I do it.”

“Really—at night, when you’re asleep?”

“Sure.”

“Try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay?”

第九十五篇

创造的力量

1.五年前，当我在西雅图的一所学校教艺术时，我在学期开始时用修补匠玩具作为测试，以了解我的学生。

2.我在每个学生面前都放了一小套万能工匠玩具，然后说:“用这些万能工匠玩具做点什么吧。

3.你今天有45分钟，这周剩下的时间里每天45分钟。”

4.有几个学生犹豫着要不要开始。他们等着看其他同学会怎么做。

5.其他几个人检查了说明，并根据提供的模型计划之一制作了一些东西。

6.另一组则根据自己的想象建造了一些东西。曾经我有一个男孩，他在空闲时间用修补匠玩具做实验。

7.他的作品占据了美术教室的一个架子和家里卧室的很大一部分。

8.有这样一个学生在场，我很高兴。这是一个非常有创造力的人在工作。

9.他的出现意味着我在课堂上有了一位意想不到的助教，他的创造力会影响到其他学生。

10.鼓励这种想法有其不利之处。我冒着失去那些思维方式不同的学生的风险。

11.一个人肯定会说:“但我就是没有创造力。”

“你晚上睡觉的时候做梦吗?”

“哦,当然。”

“那么告诉我一个你最有趣的梦吧。”

12.这个学生会讲一些极富想象力的东西。在天上飞，在时光机里飞，或者长出三个脑袋。

13.“这很有创意。谁为你做的?”

“没有人。我这样做。”

“真的吗，在晚上，当你睡着的时候?”

“当然。”

“试着在白天上课的时候做，好吗?”