Careers and majors for Creator kids
Creators are drawn to making something that didn't exist before: art, music, stories, design, performance. They want to do it their own way. You may notice them drawing constantly, making videos, or pushing back whenever a school project comes with a template.
What they need is time with no assignment attached, a real audience, honest feedback, and the freedom to make something bad on the way to something good. What tends to bore them is the standard way of doing things, one right answer, and copying a model step by step.
Careers to explore
- Trade: Chef
- Degree: Architect, Designer
- Creative or own business: Musician, Writer, Filmmaker, Game designer
College majors to look at
- Film: Learn to make and study movies.
- Game Design: Make the games other people play.
- Design: Make things that look great and work well.
- Music: Write, play and study music.
- Ethnomusicology: Study the music of people around the world.
- Dance: Train as a dancer and make new work.
- Theater: Act, direct and build shows.
- Art History: Learn the stories behind great art.
- Creative Writing: Write stories, poems and scripts.
- Comparative Literature: Read great stories from different places.
- Music Composition: Write your own music.
- Art Studio: Spend your time making art.
In high school
Art, music, theater, media or design electives, the school paper or yearbook, and any class that ends in a portfolio.
Ask the counselor how many arts electives fit around required classes, and whether any count toward graduation requirements.
Not sure this is your kid?
Most kids don't fit one box, and interests change.
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