Mar 10 2013: Yes, I agree. I think also that if a person comes from a lower income/working class family they can often struggle to succeed because less is expected of them.
A middle class/upper class person may be expected to do well and to achieve success or at least a different kind of success to that of someone from a working class family. There is also the potential for a much higher level of financial support in more affluent families which can contribute to the creative/intellectual success of their children.
Mar 10 2013: I would say the greatest challenge for me is earning a living. I live in the UK. We do have a creative industry definitely but not enough of one so opportunity to actually earn a living using your creative skills is very limited. I can list many creative people in my life, myself included, who have not been able to fulfill their full creative potential.
Creativity in schools, both in teaching and learning and the curriculum is limited though naturally varies from school to school/teacher to teacher, but I would say that over all creativity is side-lined. Seen as not as important, irrelevant almost.
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A middle class/upper class person may be expected to do well and to achieve success or at least a different kind of success to that of someone from a working class family. There is also the potential for a much higher level of financial support in more affluent families which can contribute to the creative/intellectual success of their children.
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Creativity in schools, both in teaching and learning and the curriculum is limited though naturally varies from school to school/teacher to teacher, but I would say that over all creativity is side-lined. Seen as not as important, irrelevant almost.