TEACHING PROBLEM FINDING
There is a classic story you may not know...
A student got A's all the way from K to 12.
when he/she went to undergraduate school
where he/she also got all A's in an engineering program
then he/she took a Masters Degree in Creative Thinking and Problem Solving like you did.
then he/she took a Ph.D. with a masters professor who was a world expert in Creative Thinking and Problem Solving and graduated with top honors.
Was offered many great high paying jobs in corporations.
He/she took the absolute best offer paying 6 figures.
in less than 6 months he/she was fired
and returned to his major professor
to ask for help.
The professor asked him/her what went wrong?
You were my finest student.
You are as close to being a guru of creative thinking and problem solving.
"They never GAVE ME ANY PROBLEMS TO SOLVE."
"They expected me to FIND THE PROBLEMS TOO."
"I never studied that."
Osborn-Parnes, CPSI, Buff State, other creativity programs, Future Problem Solving Program, Odyssey of the Mind, Destination Imagination all teach....
PROBLEM FINDING!
There is a classic story you may not know...
A student got A's all the way from K to 12.
when he/she went to undergraduate school
where he/she also got all A's in an engineering program
then he/she took a Masters Degree in Creative Thinking and Problem Solving like you did.
then he/she took a Ph.D. with a masters professor who was a world expert in Creative Thinking and Problem Solving and graduated with top honors.
Was offered many great high paying jobs in corporations.
He/she took the absolute best offer paying 6 figures.
in less than 6 months he/she was fired
and returned to his major professor
to ask for help.
The professor asked him/her what went wrong?
You were my finest student.
You are as close to being a guru of creative thinking and problem solving.
"They never GAVE ME ANY PROBLEMS TO SOLVE."
"They expected me to FIND THE PROBLEMS TOO."
"I never studied that."
Osborn-Parnes, CPSI, Buff State, other creativity programs, Future Problem Solving Program, Odyssey of the Mind, Destination Imagination all teach....
PROBLEM FINDING!
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