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Kris from Wandering Ink has wrote an interesting post about how our current school model will prevent another Leonardo da Vinci. This is a very interesting article that focuses on 10 skills which are being underdeveloped and discouraged in schools:

1. Curiosita-Curiosity and a thirst for knowledge
2. Dimostrazione-Demonstration and active understanding of knowledge
3. Sensazione-Observation through all senses of everything around us
4. Sfumato-Acceptance of the grey in life, the paradox, the ambiguity
5. Arte/Scienza-Realization that the arts and sciences are not independent
6. Corporalita-The importance of a healthy body for a healthy mind
7. Connessione-The interconnectedness of everything in life
8. Focus-Intense focus is not rewarded, and is often discouraged, in schools.
9. Confidence-Students are taught that even the smallest of failures will have a domino effect stretching all the way into college and the work life.
10. Independence-Schools create a paradox by forbidding social communication while condemning isolation and independence of society.

How can we ensure that schools develop, instead of kill, student’s creative potential?