Usually he leaves his math homework until last because he doesn't like math and it is hard for him. Suddenly, he figures out that if he did his hardest subject first, the rest of the homework won't seem so bad, and he might actually finish it all. He just had an insightful idea about how to solve the homework problem. Some ideas are called original ideas. These are thoughts that a person has made up himself and has not copied from someone else.
Many teachers look for students who can come up with ideas that no other students have used.
To have original ideas, a person has to use his imagination and find ways to be creative. One way to come up with original ideas or to create a new method of doing things is by brainstorming. This can be done individually or in groups, although usually we do this best in groups. It has been said that the best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas. In order to have a lot of ideas, we need to brainstorm.