Speaking as someone who has worked with kids of all ages I'd have to say I disagree with Mike's conclusion here. It isn't that teenagers have less imagination than when they were younger..I have yet to find ANYTHING on this earth with the imagination of a teenager..but rather that by the time a person reaches their teens they understand music as a far more COMPLEX mode of human expression than they perceived it to be when they were little. They expect MORE of themselves than a kid does.
@Babyhowdy233 - true..... but the point of the exercise was to highlight that between the age of 8 and 18... imagination is not encouraged in the schooling system. its drummed out of youngsters. although I'm sure more than 2 out of 250 could actually write a song, only 2 at that instance had the confidence to put their hand up. its actually a very accurate survey, because its not about song-writing ability.... it's about self-belief
Speaking as someone who has worked with kids of all ages I'd have to say I disagree with Mike's conclusion here. It isn't that teenagers have less imagination than when they were younger..I have yet to find ANYTHING on this earth with the imagination of a teenager..but rather that by the time a person reaches their teens they understand music as a far more COMPLEX mode of human expression than they perceived it to be when they were little. They expect MORE of themselves than a kid does.
Babyhowdy233 10 months ago
@Babyhowdy233 - true..... but the point of the exercise was to highlight that between the age of 8 and 18... imagination is not encouraged in the schooling system. its drummed out of youngsters. although I'm sure more than 2 out of 250 could actually write a song, only 2 at that instance had the confidence to put their hand up. its actually a very accurate survey, because its not about song-writing ability.... it's about self-belief
Coldacre 1 week ago
What happened to Mike's HEAD?!
He has a HUGE bandage!
Babyhowdy233 10 months ago
Excellent words of advice.
ProofNZ 1 year ago