From a young age, the idea of success is drilled into our adolescent minds. We are predisposed to think of success as a combination of school, high test scores, college, and eventually a career with a lack of any creative thinking in the midst of it all. In an article from Harper’s Magazine, John Gatto writes, “We have been taught to think of success as synonymous with [or dependent upon] ‘schooling.’” However it isn’t success that comes from school, but from education, with just a bit of creativity sprinkled on top. Teaching each student the same curriculum, the same way, would be a lucrative route to teaching if each student were exactly the same. Fortunately, no one is exactly the same, and there are numerous methods of teaching and learning available to Americas. Although not all of these methods may be the “right” way, there is no determining the wrong way. Passion, critical thought, and curiosity are key elements in the upbringing of young scholars. The next step is to apply these elements, and bring light to the creativity of the brilliant young minds that make up the next generation. At the age of 6, students are put into a classroom with roughly twenty-five others. Here they are expected to inhale a mouthful of information, digest it, and spit it back out in the form of a test score. These test scores are what determines a student’s academic success; the keyword being, "academic." These scores have the potential to build students up, or tear them down, academically and emotionally. However, not all students have the same type learning style. Learning is diverse whether it is auditory, visual, kinesthetic, abstract, etc. The expectation of each student learning the same information, the same way, in the same amount time, is foolish. This is our educational system’s biggest fault. The real consideration should be the student’s talents and passions, where they are able to flourish into something that is greater