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That is why, given the same task, 30 students in music, poetry, or the visual arts will create 30 different solutions, all of which can be ‘right’, while 30 students in arithmetic will- If the teacher has taught effectively- come up with identical solutions.

E. Eimers, The Role of the Arts in Cognition and Curriculum

I’ve seen who these kids in Glee Club really are: no labels, no preconceptions — they are true spirits. Yes, most of them are not stars, but they shine like them. Do you know what happens when a star dies?… It doesn’t just disappear. It turns into a black hole, this giant energy-sucking mass that doesn’t just collapse in on itself; it takes any light that comes close down with it.

Mr. Schuester, Glee, Dream On