Are you not wondering why so many great scientists, musicians, and athletes come from the west instead of the east!? I do believe that we Asians are highly proud of our culture and our hospitality, but come and look beyond : Whether we admit it or not we have lagged behind compared to our counterpart in the west in many possible things.
Talking about Asian's lack of creativity I think it has been formed since we were child. Most of Asian parents teach their child with a lot of things that can limit their child's creativity. For instance they tell their children that making a mistake is a bad thing and loosing is an embarassing fact. As a result, most Asians do not dare to make any changes because they are affraid of making mistakes.
The same goes to Asian education. Here in Asia, passion does not have a place in education. Asian educational system, which is highly competitive and performance-oriented, does not provide a conducive climate for creativity, which requires a lot of rooms for individual. Asian students' desire to do well in examinations is mirrored by their lack of passion for what they study. The only thing that they think is : "Will I get a good salary when I graduate !?" That's why creative professions are less popular than doctor, lawyer and others who are considered to be abble to make someone become rich in the short term.
So guys, now we have known that we can not continue several bad things that obviously can drive us to be uncreative person, it's time for us to leave those bad habbits. Old proverb said that the great person is the one who knows his weakness. After knowing our weaknesses it's time for us to change our Asia to be better.
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This article is purely my opinion, feel free to submit yours guys ;)
