squelched".
             Jolongo (2003) continues her article by arguing that every child has the right to creative development. She uses the work of Fontana (1997, cited in Jalongo, 2003) to support this argument. Fontana (1997) uses the term "education for being" which means "offering children the right to express their own feelings, to give their view of events, to explain themselves, to reflect upon their own behaviour, to have their fears and their hopes taken seriously, to ask questions, to seek explanations in the natural world, to love and to be loved, to have their inner world of dreams and fantasies and imaginings taken seriously, and to make their own engagement with life". This allows children the freedom to be creative. Children should not have to earn the right for opportunities of creative expression.
             Many schools today use tests to determine which children have the aptitude to be involved in creative thought and expression. Take the school choir for example. Children have to audition to be selected for opportunities of musical thought and ex
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