The extend to which conformity stifles creativity depends upon the nature of the job being executed, the temperament of each individual and the final goal to be achieved. I am in full agreement that conformity stifles creativity; indeed they both are mutually exclusive.
Too much emphasis has been placed on the need for students to challenge the assertions of others.
I strongly agree with the assertion that significant advances in knowledge require expertise from various fields. The world around us presents a seamless web of physical and anthropocentric forces, which interact in ways that can be understood only in the context of a variety of disciplines.
A nation is a feeling of collective belonging to an identity by its resident which has common language, culture, race, religion or territory.