Doris Lessing's Impact On Adolescents

Doris Lessing once said, “…Those that stay must remember, always, and all the time, that they are being moulded and patterned to fit into the narrow and particular needs of this particular society.” In saying this, Lessing brings to light the idea that the education system in this country has been economically incentivized and, in the process, it has stripped adolescents of their creativity and sense of self. Indubitably, college atmospheres have been known to foster rebellion in its students. Some rebel by loosening their limits, some rebel from their constrained upbringings, and some just rebel for the sake of rebelling. One would think that an institution centralized around creative and willing minds would spur change, but one would be remiss …show more content…
For a better learning environment, University at Buffalo should stress critical thinking. Meaning, the university would ask that its professors be more open to offering essay questions rather than multiple-choice exams and also be open to providing their students with concept-based explanations rather than straight answers. University at Buffalo should also foster an environment in which students can work collaboratively on problem solving in their classes, because collaborative problem solving has been shown to aid in future developments. Johnson strongly believes that chance favors the connected mind, and through these changes in UB’s classrooms, students will now be given the opportunity to let their talents shine …show more content…
Advocates of innovative thinking would propose that there be a system put in place that allows freedom of creativity, thereby prompting innovation. University at Buffalo’s core curriculum is restricting in that students don’t have the option of picking the classes they want to take to explore their passions, rather, once a student has decided on a major, he or she has a set of classes that need to be taken to satisfy his or her major and a set of classes that need to be taken to satisfy the university’s general education requirements. In order for the educational atmosphere to improve, UB needs to revaluate it’s curriculum standards by listening to what its students