Squashing a Child’s Creativity
August 31, 2016
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“This is the worst tree I have ever seen,” said Mrs. Whatenburger, my second grade teacher, as she held up my drawing for the entire class to see. Ouch! To this very day, decades later, I cringe at the thought … [MORE]