Torrance Journal for Applied Creativity

It’s called the car; and we certainly know
what it has meant for our cities and
lifestyles. Even with this, we were not
satisfied and wanted to get to faraway
places quickly, so we wished again---and
that wish grew up and became airline
travel. There was an economic incentive
for creative and enterprising folks
to make this dream come true, and it
became possible.
Successful business people pay
attention to what people are wishing
for. They compete and become efficient
at making dreams come true. When
businesses send a marketing survey, they
are interested in what you have to say,
or are wishing for. This is food for their
thinking and creativity. New products
and services are created because someone
wants and is willing to pay for
them. We all have the ability to affect
the future….and do.
The stock market reflects how
we feel about the future. It is a kind of
barometer that measures our feelings,
and our desires to invest money in new
things that companies are trying to
produce. During uncertain times like
wars and downturns in the economy,
investors—everyday people like you and
me—may not want to give their money
to producers and instead hold onto it
or invest in something else that is not
risky. When times look more positive
and trouble-free, many people invest in
companies in the hopes of sharing their
profits. If we feel positive about the
future, we wish more. If we feel negative,
we refrain from wishing. We are
the spirit and economic stimulus upon
which the great engine of our economy
functions.
Summing Up
Connecting GT students to
the real world is powerful and helps
equip them with vital skills the work
world will recognize as highly valuable.
Explore all the free and expansive information
close at hand. Bring experts into
the classroom to help students explore
and appreciate this vast information.
Relevance to the outside world is powerful;
and your students will certainly
understand this connection, for they
are natural integrators of information.
Focus this natural tendency and feed
their desire to understand why 12 to 16
years of schooling—fully 1/5th of their
lifetime—is so important to being a lifelong
learner and productive member of
society!
Selected Sources
Delisle, J. R. (2014). Dumbing down America.
Prufrock Press.
Fisher, M.D. (2014). Gifted education
in America: Suggested improvements.
Center for Excellence in Education (Web
newsletter), March 28.
Remmerswaal, L. (2011). The A-Z of 13 habits:
Inspired by Warren Buffet. Createspace
Independent Publishing Platform.
Roman, H.T. (2015). Changing education-Thoughts
about creating and inventing
tomorrow’s school. Illinois Association
for Gifted Children Journal.
http://www.iagcgifted.org/25-journal.html
Roman, H.T. (2014). Teach STEM right –
Change the academic day! Gifted Education
Press (News Page), 23(2).
Roman, H. T. (2013). STEM- The perfect
transition from school to work for gifted
students. Gifted Education Press (News
Page), 22(2).
Sizer, T. (1997). Horace's school: Redesigning
the American high school. Boston,
MA: Houghton Mifflin.
Harry T. Roman is a retired engineer, teacher,
inventor, and author. He has published over 600
articles, papers and scientific treatises, along
with 75 teacher resource products including
books, math card games, and science kits. A
recipient of multiple awards for his outstanding
service as an educator, as well as his pioneering
technological achievements and inventions,
Roman is currently an educational advisor for
the Edison Innovation Foundation, and often
visits local schools to work with teachers and
students.
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