He maintains that parents are the greatest "killers of creativity," followed by the pressures placed on students by their teachers. Many adults, he continues, trap students 'thinking into a frame, and even the brightest students find it difficult to break free of the limitations imposed by these molds whether they are tangible or intangible.
周卓明不諱言地批評，名列「創造力殺手」第一名的是家長、其次是老師，很多大人都把學生的思考圈在框架內，即使是聰明學生，也難逃被很多有形、無形的框框定住。