I had a not so good meeting with dd's teacher a few weeks ago and during the meeting she told me she didn't think my dd was very creative. An example she gave was that for writing assignments my dd will also use the same characters in the assignment and tailor them to what the teacher is asking for in the assignment.
I want to make sure I understand what you said the teacher said - I think you meant your dd "always" uses the same characters, not "also" uses the same characters - if that's not what you meant, ignore my reply
FWIW, my dd also used to focus on specific characters (repeatedly) when she wrote stories, and no one would ever pin her as "non-creative" or "not imaginative" - she's clearly both, she simply liked this one specific character she'd dreamed up. I can think of quite a few little girls I've known who've focused on themes or specific animals etc when they were writing in early elementary - so that in and of itself isn't something i'd worry about.
I'm guessing there is more to the idea that your dd isn't creative than simply this one area, only because you said it was a "not so good meeting", and I can't imagine anyone could draw the "she's not so creative" conclusion from only one type of behavior such as this... so jmo, I wouldn't focus too much on this one issue. OTOH, if the teacher has a farther reaching concern re creativity, I'd think it through and consider what she has to say.
Best wishes,
polarbear
eta - I have a tough time remembering what people post from time to time, so out of curiousity I looked back at your other recent post a few weeks ago about the teacher meeting, and I'm guessing this is what this question comes from. I think in that post you were concerned that the teacher didn't think your dd was gifted - is it possible the context that the issue of creativity came up in reference to whether or not she considers your dd to be gifted? Our school district uses that as a data point in their gifted matrix. It sounds like your dd probably has a wealth of gifts that she's not really showing in this particular class... so if that's what the question stems from, I really wouldn't worry about it! Unless this teacher is not giving her a referral for the gifted program? Sorry for all the questions! I hope that's not what's up...
