Classes

     I’m taking two Disney classes while I’m down here and I would highly suggest taking them! So far I’ve only started one—Creativity and Innovation—but in October I’ll be starting my other—Explore Marketing.

Creativity and Innovation is one of the best classes I’ve ever had. Every class we have different games and things on our table in case we get bored, given that the class is 4 hours long.  This could be a barrel of monkeys, play-doh, magazines and one week we get Legos!  But the class is so much fun there’s no thought of that ever happening!

     I love my teacher.  She really makes us think.  One of the questions she asked us was, “How would the game of baseball be played differently if the ball were a square?” It was really something to think about.  And you could really tell that people’s creativity levels were different by their answers.  Some  said to change one or two things while the others said to change it all!

     This class is so much fun I can’t wait to do my homework! For the first project that’s due the third week of class I had to do an interview over a creative person (alive or dead).  I picked Dr. Seuss.  Here’s the final result! I put my answers to the required 6 questions on the stripes of the Cat in the Hat I made out of cardboard.

     One activity that we did that I really loved was the Problem activity.  We got into groups of 2 or 3 and thought of a problem and tried to fix it.  The creative part was trying to think of it from a different angle. One of us had to pretend to be a kindergarten teacher while the other was a circus performer while the other asked them a question and how they would solve it.  For example, if the problem was dirty water you could ask the kindergarten teacher what she thought about the water problem at her school, or ask the circus performer what he thought about the water he would give to his animals.  Looking at things from different perspectives was really awesome and very insightful. I love this class!

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."—Walt Disney