Though intended as a critique of business practices, I think with little effort one can substitute "education" for "business" and see the parallels. It is also important to remember that very often we shut-down creativity in our homes by resorting to these knee-jerk responses to different ideas about how we can do things. I hope the next time something different and unusual crops up in your life that this 14-point checklist will come to mind and make you think about it more seriously.