You will prepare and submit a term paper on Creativity: Talent or Discipline. Your paper should be a minimum of 1750 words in length. The following essay will focus on answering the above-mentioned questions. Also, it aims to analyze the nature of creativity, its main aspects and factors that influence the development of a person’s creative skills. As a result, it should be understood whether creativity is an inborn talent or everyone can nurture it in himself. Finally, it is pertinent to describe some techniques which help to foster individual creativity as well as how creativity may be explained to children.

So, what is creativity? Some people amount to the artistic work of musicians, artists, actors, thinking that creativity refers only to those who have some visible talents, which differ them from the rest. At the same time, others believe that creativity is a talent itself. In fact, it can be said that creativity is a result of the talent which was developed and practically realized. Otherwise, without having a social acknowledge it, the talent is likely to fade with time. Certainly, talent can serve as a hobby. Yet, without recognition of its uniqueness, it has nothing to do with creativity.

Ken Robinson, the honored Professor of Education, defined creativity as “a process of having original ideas that have value” (Azzam 22). He has pointed out that all people, and especially children, have talents, given to them by nature (Robinson 16). Yet, as it was said, mere talent is not enough to become creative. According to Robinson, “being creative is looking for new ways of doing things within the activity you’re involved in” (Azzam 22). For instance, singers and musicians of the Beatles famous rock band definitely had talents of singing and playing musical instruments. Yet, many people have such talents and only a few become celebrated. The Beatles were called the greatest group of the rock era and one of the most influential singers of all times, whose activity&nbsp.divided the music history into “before” and “after”. However, all that was possible because of their novelty approach to performing music. Mixing rock-n-roll motives of the 50s, symphonic and psychedelic rhythms, they created a new music style, which did not exist before and which greatly affected what was done after.

Provide a 6 pages analysis while answering the following question: A Key Contributing Factor Towards Gang Behavior. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required.

This is a real problem based on the fact that these gangs are always at loggerheads with each other even though they have no compassion for human life and therefore will go to any lengths, including murder, to protect their interests. To be able to solve this problem, it is important to study the reasons or the root causes of gang behavior to try to prevent new gang membership, while at the same time embarking on a mission to dismantle the already existing ones. This paper is a critical evaluation of the factors that influence gang behavior.

Human beings are born innocent, free of sins, and incapable of making any decision. However, as they continue to grow, they are faced with numerous challenges ranging from family issues to other environmental factors, which influence their innocent minds either into becoming responsible persons or the worst of criminals in society. To begin with, parents contribute a significant percentage towards the success or failure of a child in terms of behavior. This is because they act as immediate role models and a source of inspiration for their growing children.

It is for this reason that Carlie (2002) observes that poor parentage is a major contributing factor to gang behavior. For example, if one or both parents are gang members, more often than not, it becomes likely that their children will follow that route. This may be worse in families that are dysfunctional and which are characterized by numerous cases of domestic conflicts and child abuse. The rationale of this assertion is that if a child is subjected to these factors, he will grow up believing that violence is a virtue and unless this mentality is changed through proper guidance and counseling, then, the child would have neither a reason nor the guts to refrain from joining violent organizations.

Outside family circles, growing up children and youths are influenced by peer pressure to engage in antisocial behavior, which may include gang membership.