For many years there has been an ongoing argument about whether or not art and music education programs are important for the fate of America’s youth. Numerous schools have already taken the “necessary” measures to cut art and music programs all-together. Many argue that the fine arts distract students from their basic core academics, but research suggests that being part of at least one fine art program improves the overall classroom education. Therefore, receiving credit in an art or music class should be required for high school graduation, because arts open many doors for future opportunities, offer an academic break, and provide many other benefits to the learning environment. First off, some officials in schools have said that it
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School can become boring and repetitive, thus calling on the need to take a break from the basic core academics. According to Pamela Woods, a teacher and certified education specialist, students need art and music to stimulate brain growth and develop new connections that help information process more efficiently (Woods). For most students, this is beneficial, with the information they have learned processing quickly and easily, it becomes simple to understand. Many teenagers and a few adults suggest otherwise, Reynolds, a writer with a degree in communication media, suggests that the arts can be difficult to understand. In several cases, such classes become distractions to the core academic courses (Reynolds). These problems can occur from: students bringing their art and music projects with them to other classes, music being heard from the music rooms, and the artists doodling in notebooks instead of taking notes or the musicians tapping their feet. These are the very reasons as to why the arts are needed. The fine arts allow the students to let their need of drawing or tapping their feet to be fulfilled. Also, the key to preventing incomprehension is to expose children to the arts at a young age, this does not only assist the child with understanding art and music in the future, but it also aids mental development. Grace Hwang …show more content…
Yes, one could simply go to an art studio for education in art, but no one should have to spend extra money to attend an art studio, when one could simply receive a free education in the fine arts through a public high school. The benefits provided by art and music classes far outweigh the negatives. Arts provide open doors for the future, academic breaks, and benefits that go far beyond the classroom. Without the arts, students are being harmed further down the road while looking for careers. If schools continue to cut the arts out completely instead taking bits from other classes, the effects will drastically injure the futures of young scholars. As the Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso once said, “All children are born artists. The problem is to remain an artist as we grow
School can become boring and repetitive, thus calling on the need to take a break from the basic core academics. According to Pamela Woods, a teacher and certified education specialist, students need art and music to stimulate brain growth and develop new connections that help information process more efficiently (Woods). For most students, this is beneficial, with the information they have learned processing quickly and easily, it becomes simple to understand. Many teenagers and a few adults suggest otherwise, Reynolds, a writer with a degree in communication media, suggests that the arts can be difficult to understand. In several cases, such classes become distractions to the core academic courses (Reynolds). These problems can occur from: students bringing their art and music projects with them to other classes, music being heard from the music rooms, and the artists doodling in notebooks instead of taking notes or the musicians tapping their feet. These are the very reasons as to why the arts are needed. The fine arts allow the students to let their need of drawing or tapping their feet to be fulfilled. Also, the key to preventing incomprehension is to expose children to the arts at a young age, this does not only assist the child with understanding art and music in the future, but it also aids mental development. Grace Hwang …show more content…
Yes, one could simply go to an art studio for education in art, but no one should have to spend extra money to attend an art studio, when one could simply receive a free education in the fine arts through a public high school. The benefits provided by art and music classes far outweigh the negatives. Arts provide open doors for the future, academic breaks, and benefits that go far beyond the classroom. Without the arts, students are being harmed further down the road while looking for careers. If schools continue to cut the arts out completely instead taking bits from other classes, the effects will drastically injure the futures of young scholars. As the Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso once said, “All children are born artists. The problem is to remain an artist as we grow