03-09-2016, 04:04 PM
Sam3 wrote:
[quote=bazookaman]
[quote=jdc]
Cant argue with the cost.
Seems like everytime theres a budget crisis the first things people say are going to get cut are 'schools, fire and police" -- its never "the senators special interest groups" or "the new football stadium"
No kidding.
Within that, when the schools cuts do happen, arts are the first to get cut... "we don't need no mamby-pamby art or music or theater stuff... "
Despite the Arts being where every discipline taught is used. A properly taught Arts curriculum will have students using critical thinking skills and applying core curriculum in practical ways. A decent Art teacher can teach math, history, science, and english in ways that students don't even realize that they are learning.