Bored automatons.

Don't quite understand why people allow themselves to be bored. All they have to do. Is to exercise the mind. Think captivating thoughts. Or exciting ideas. And then putting the thoughts and ideas into play. In creative ways. Getting carried away. Imaginatively.  In designing a curriculum for elementary school, my highest priority would be on what I call the imaginative arts/sciences. An hour a day. Set aside. For the cultivation of the imagination.  I've noticed something about my bored friends and acquaintances. Mostly, they lack imagination.   They may have a font of knowledge. Enabling them to pass most academic tests with high grades. But they've become bored and unimaginative automatons. --Jim Broede