Journal 1

I’ve never thought of myself as a creative person. I thrive on structure, rules and clear guidelines, especially in school. I’ve been a strict rule follower for as long as I can remember. Embarrassingly, I would admit that I find the idea of expressing my more out-of-the-box ideas and thoughts to others slightly terrifying, so even when ideas strike me, I tend not to act on them. Throughout the course thus far, I have definitely begun to question if I have more creative potential than I thought. The ideas expressed in the first class, reading about TED talk about school systems crushing…