Kita Pembunuh Daya Kreatif?

Ana tertarik dengan lagu ini, sudah lama terasa ingin dikongsi. Alhamdulillah, punya kesempatan untuk dipaparkan di sini. Lagu ini menggambarkan indoktrin pemikiran pola seragam di kalangan kanak-kanak.

'Flowers are red
green leaves are green'

Flowers are Red (Dawud Wharnsby Ali, Muhammed Bhikha
& Rashid Bhikha ( Fakazi Ngwekazi (Nhlanhla),
Linda Gcwensa & Mfana Nxumalo (Sipho)

A little boy went first day at school
He got some crayons and he started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw
The teacher said, "What you doin' young man?"
"I'm paintin' flowers see"
"Well this is not the time for art young man
And anyway flowers are green and red
There's a time for everything young man
a way it should be done
You've got to show concern for everyone else
For you're not the only one"
And she said...
"Flowers are red
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen "
But the little boy said...
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one"
Well the teacher said� "You're sassy
There's a way that things should be
And you'll paint flowers the way they are
So repeat after me..."
she said...

"Flowers are red
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen "
But the little boy said again...
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one"
Well the teacher put him in a corner
She said� "It's for your own good�
And you won't come out 'til you get it right
responding like you should"
Well finally he got lonely
Frightened thoughts filled his head
And he went up to that teacher
And this is what he said
"Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen"
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Well time went by like it always does
he moved to another town
And the little boy went to another school
And this is what he found
The teacher there was smilin'
She said..."Painting should be fun
And there are so many colors in a flower
So let's paint every one"
that little boy painted flowers
In neat rows of green and red
And when the teacher asked him "why"

This is what he said..
"Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen."
But there must still be a way to have our children say,
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one

Maksudnya, jika ditetapkan itu sepatutnya, maka itu lah yang harus diikut. Maka, lahirlah kanak-kanak yang berpola seragam, tidak berfikiran kreatif mahupun 'thinking out off box', skema dan membosankan. Salah siapa, jika kita tidak memberi peluang kepada pelajar untuk mempamer bakat dan pemikiran yang lain dari yang lain. Unik dan tersendiri. Dalam perkara yang tiada betul-salah, kanak-kanak, pelajar, remaja, serta semua orang seharusnya diberi peluang untuk melakukan sesuatu dengan cara yang tersendiri. Bukan sekadar mengikut norma dan peraturan am yang telah ditetapkan dan menjadi budaya dalam masyarakat. Apa salahnya jika sesekali para pensyarah berbasikal untuk ke kampus, atau para pelajar ict dibuka peluang untuk membedah katak.. ^^

Corak pendidikan di negara kita, memilih untuk menyeragamkan hasil kilang ilmu tersebut. Berbanding pelajar di negara-negara luar yang mana pemilihan subjek ambilan mereka lebih terbuka, mengikut minat dan kecenderungan serta kemahiran masing-masing. Kadang semasa cuti semester, pelajar berinisiatif sendiri untuk mengambil subjek-subjek tertentu, di luar bidang major mereka semata-mata untuk mempelbagaikan kemahiran kendiri, mahupun bertujuan memenuhi kecenderungan dalaman. Tentulah hasrat murni mereka itu mudah terlaksana kerana terdapatnya institusi-institusi prihatin dan fleksibel yang menyediakan kaedah pengajian jangka pendek yang sebegitu.... Memang sporting, bukan? ... ^^


Jadi, jangan salahkan mereka apabila Einsten kata manusia hanya menggunakan otak sebanyak 1% sahaja, betapa dungunya kita, menjadi pembunuh daya pemikiran kreatif.... huhu


Semasa ana menjadi guru ganti, mengajar pra-sekolah, kanak-kanak sangat percayakan guru mereka. Kerap mereka bertanya serta meminta pendapat...

'Cikgu, katak warna apa ye?'
'Cikgu, langit warna apa ye?'

Ana akan sekadar menjawab... Nurin suka warna apa?

'Warna kuning'

Ana tersenyum, tanda membenarkan. Mereka mewarna sesuka hati, dengan arah yang pelbagai, tidak sekata. Ana sekadar tertawa... rindu mereka..huhu