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After a long road of discussions about creativity, the culmination from the long road to being a creative individual has just started.
As previously discussed in class, the last two concepts are the most important topic in doing problem solving as to the Course title of COM 207.3 "Creativity and Problem Solving".
Back to basics of how a problem is treated; each and every individual should work hand in hand to follow each steps of problem solving correctly. Based from my own experiences, mind maps and outlining in making a solution to a problem's the first thing a person should do. As taught in Algebra back in highschool the teacher always say "Let X = ?" which symbolizes that for every problem there's a solution. The only exception's if you're an extremist, like you're swimming in a world of infinity pools. But as time goes by the answer's always at the end, unless you use transposition of polarity and vice versa, you'll still lead to a single individual answer.
In doing this since high school which I encountered a lot of problem solving not only in my Math homeworks but also in life and in various aspects of life. What attracted me the most was there's a discussion about mind mapping. At first I thought it was just an instinct of every human being but then there's more than that. Actually I was amazed when some experts study this kinds of stuffs, in which the instinct turns into an academic topic.
A lot of people use mind mapping, but as far as I could recall only gradeschool students use it. Back in college when being asked to think of a problem, particularly during thesis writing, it is always been from specific to general which is right, but then it is endless and it consumes a lot of time. Thus introduced the other way around or the concept of general to specific which makes a task easier than ever. It's just crazy when you think of it, but I agree in the contrary that mind mapping is a helpful tool in solving a problem or maybe prior to that.
Another topic which struck me was the idea generation, of course for me brainstorming's important, but giving a more serious thought of it makes it a little kinda weird and maybe you could call it as a career. There's this points which is a criteria of how many things you could contribute to a given problem, but here in M.A it means a lot. Back to the times where in doing home-works I used to go with my friends, play before thinking, and maybe party before working, and seriously it works for me!
Lastly, for me it really depends to the person if he or she does their preferred idea generation, well there's no rule for it but then, if you apply the stuffs discussed and which I tackled, it could be more organized and convenient but everybody has their own style.
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