KnitWit: Rantings of a Rabid Knitter

Comment by Woolybelle

July 9, 2008 @ 5:36 am

Couldn’t they come up with something more original than “thinking outside the box?” How more hackneyed can they get?
I see your point…absolutely and you should work it up as your essay unless you really don’t want to alienate the instructor right away. Some of them don’t like anyone’s “creativity” but their own. Is it a creative writing course or a series of technical writing lessons?
Anyway, I believe “thinking outside the box” is one of the most overused phrases on the planet…
Good luck in “school”
K

Comment by Suzanne

July 11, 2008 @ 2:00 pm

I’d always thought of “the box” in that phrase as being the smaller set of approved, more comfortable expectations/actions/information we get from the culture around us, not necessarily all of our experiences. Thus, thinking “outside the box” would be paying attention to and using your experiences that might bring you to conclusions outside the usual ones arrived at by you or the people around you.

Thanks for the great thoughts on expanding our minds!