Robinson states that divergent thinking is “not the same thing as creative thinking,” but that it is an “essential capacity for creativity.” Milena Segal Many believe that people are born with an innate level of creativity that is later influenced by the environment in which they grew up. Schools are one of the most influential environments in which people spend an average of eight hours per day, whether it is a public, private, or home school environment. children are exposed to shape their creativity. As students, parents and even teachers, we do not realize the effects that the education system can have on creativity. The public education system is defined by two main ideas, which subjects are most useful. So where does that leave creativity? Due to the ideals of the education system, creativity can be considered not valued or even stigmatized. Understanding the correlation between educational environment and creativity can help positively influence educational progress. the individual as well as his society. Before the 19th century, there was no public education system, it was created during the period of intellectual and cultural enlightenment to meet the needs of the economic circumstances of industrialism. The public education system was a revolutionary idea financed by taxes, compulsory for all and free at the point of delivery. The education system was built on a hierarchy, where the most valued and useful subjects were at the top along with academic abilities. Placing subjects like math, English and humanities as the most valued and the arts like art, music, drama and dance as recreational and unimportant. As an educator...... middle of paper...... person who is an expert or creative genius in a certain field like dance or music, may not be as creative in others domains. As seen before, schools focus on areas such as mathematics and linguistics, to the exclusion of other areas. With this in mind, the immediate reaction of teachers is to assume that the students who receive the highest grades are automatically the smartest and most creative students. At that time, the idea of ​​public education was to obtain a degree that would later guarantee employment. Nowadays a degree does not guarantee a job, unfortunately this is the begging process of academic inflation in our century. With this view of the mind, the academic system divides everyone into two groups: academics, those known as intelligent, and non-academics, who are considered unintelligent or uneducated. This is why many bright and intelligent people think they don't.