Yong Zhao "Every Child is a Rudolph"

Yong Zhao made a connection that we are all a Rudolph in some way.  By this he means that we are all unique and have different interests and talents.  He said how schools don't tend to like Rudolphs because they don't fit into one mold.  They try to fix people's deficit rather than highlighting the things we are good at.  They don't realize that people have a different type of intelligences and can't have all of them.  Schools can crush creativity and aren't helping students reach their full potential.  Someone can be great at acting but they may not have enough room in their schedule to take theatre and then they don't end up pursuing it.  His main point was that we need to invent the future rather than trying to change the past, in school curriculum and just in general.