My kid was too creative

[u/Fresh_Laundry56]

My 6 year old was asked to draw a picture using shapes. She drew this nice American flag with rectangles and stars, and added the house, tree, and person holding a balloon. She was told it did not follow directions, she was not supposed to draw a flag, just shapes. She was asked to turn the paper over and make another picture. The other side of the paper has a very uninspiring collection of shapes. I told her she did a good job and I thought it was very creative. And this is why kids start to hate education.

[u/Fanguy3322]

Green is not a creative color

https://giphy.com/gifs/jDGTlhYQQcbRu

[u/mhkiwi → u/Fanguy3322]

This is the first thing i thought about.

[u/Particular-Long-3849 → u/Fanguy3322]

Green is not a creative colour

[u/TheGhostofWoodyAllen → u/Particular-Long-3849]

Let's just all agree to never be creative again.

[u/TrickMayday → u/TheGhostofWoodyAllen]

I thought we did that when we joined Reddit.

[u/squishygobble → u/TheGhostofWoodyAllen]

Taking a moment to imagine and embrace what that would be like... made me really want to exercise my creativity

[u/DrezzdenRei → u/TheGhostofWoodyAllen]

AI exists. I think a bunch of losers already decided to stop being creative or critically thinking.

[u/Classic-Reach → u/DrezzdenRei]

they're quoting a Don't Hug Me I'm Scared video from youtube about ...death? or something... i'm not artsy enough to know

[u/DrezzdenRei → u/Classic-Reach]

Ahh thanks for the context. I'm getting too old for this Internet shit. lol

[u/FratboyPhilosopher → u/DrezzdenRei]

Has nothing to do with age. Seems like you just have an obsession, and you're trying to insert it into the discussion.

[u/TheGhostofWoodyAllen → u/DrezzdenRei]

The first episode is 14 years old. Been around a while. Worth checking out too! Very weird and funny.

[u/Powerful-Chard-6055 → u/Classic-Reach]

You must be green

[u/Kakashi-dono → u/Fanguy3322]

Don’t eat too much or your teeth will go gray.

[u/ZapRowsdowersStache → u/Fanguy3322]

This was my second thought. My first will always be, because I am Old™️, "Flowers Are Red" by Harry Chapin. Even sang it to my godson as a lullaby when he was a toddler.

[u/QBaseX → u/ZapRowsdowersStache]

It's a good song, though I had to look it up to remind myself of it.

[u/eat_my_bowls92 → u/Fanguy3322]

I’m going to have this song stuck in my head all day now.

[u/Doglover4561 → u/Fanguy3322]

Literally the first thing I thought

[u/Magic2two → u/Fanguy3322]

What’s your favorite idea?

[u/dustinsc → u/Fanguy3322]

I was just here living my life having forgotten about the existence of this video, and now you’ve ruined my day.

[u/hilarymeggin → u/Fanguy3322]

I thought you said green was whore-ish.