Nations should not require all students to study the same national curriculum. If every child were given the same material, it would assume that all children learn the same way and that all teachers are capable of teaching the same material in the same way. In addition to overlooking differences in learning and teaching styles, it would also stifle creativity and create a generation of drones. Uniformity would also lend itself to government interference in school curricula, which could lead to the destruction of democracy. If every teacher is obliged to teach a certain text, it will be enough for the government to modify this text to misinform an entire generation. Finally, a standardized curriculum would also harm students from lower grades. Having a national curriculum implies that there is a defined set of things worth learning for each person. This may be true, but for students it creates a world in which there is a limited amount of knowledge to be acquired with the goal of regurgitating it on a test. Teaching a standard curriculum does not encourage information seeking; it doesn’t encourage students to ask questions like “Why?” » and “How?” The real purpose of school is to teach people how to learn, not just to teach them a defined set of facts. By teaching them how to learn, students can continue to do so, they can extend their skills from one area of ​​knowledge to another. This type of learning promotes creativity which can be used not only in math, science or English, but also in art, music or creative writing. Teaching a brain to go beyond the simple binder of facts is the best way to teach creativity. We too often consider that creativity is reserved for the arts. It is creativity that results in innovation and it is innovation that has resulted in humanity's greatest achievements in the sciences and humanities.