Sunday, November 4, 2007
Are The Arts Necessary?
We face a time when students main priorities will lie on improving test scores. It seems as if test scores are the deciding factor in whether a school is successful or not. The focus on testing however, seems a threat against the arts. Math and English, along with some science are the main points of the testing... so greater effort is being put into the teaching of these subjects. Art, Music, and other "extracurricular" subjects might be neglected. The tests have nothing to do with these areas, but we must not let them be abolished. Art inspires creativty, which encourages creative and cognitive thinking. Music inspires devotion, which encourages a stronger sense of willpower and desire to complete all studies, not just studies in one area. With the obesity epidemic ruling in our time, we have no need to worry about losing the area of physical education, but art and music are just as important, in the way they affect the other areas of learning as well as providing the students with their own unique teachings. Students must not be without this culture.
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i agree. i'm an art education major so this is something that always grabs my attention. growing up art was something that always influenced my life, and i know so many people that used it as a way to express themselves and without it would have had a harder time getting through school. These standardized tests getting me so angry because extracurricular activitied add so much to one's development but are seen as unimportant.
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