Surviving the system

So on the way back from Kahnvel or something, the prof a friend and I were discussing about how the System supresses creativity. They were both talking about the harsh syllabus, the learning by rote shit and what not. You know the argument, as does everyone. Maybe I just wanted to oppose, maybe it had some truth in it, but I just said that true creativity survives the system, and both of them went quiet and deliberated on it. I think I may have a point here, and this surprised me.