Fine Arts Affect Students

How Fine Arts Affect Students Fine arts being incorporated into schools have been shown to have many various effects on students, but what exactly are the effects on students that fine arts have? Ever since 1994, art has been recognized as one of the major academic subjects taught in schools1. Prior to 1994 art classes were not seen as a major requirement in schools and were only taken by students with interest if the school offered the classes. Fine arts have been introduced to schools in the form of courses as well as coursework within courses that do not have a focus on art. Fine arts affect students in several different ways, many of which are positive. Effects of fine arts include allowing students to discover a passion for fine arts such as visual art and music, improving students overall learning in other academic areas, enabling students to think more creatively on their own instead of critically, and as a potential negative for some students that are not artistically inclined, …show more content…
Students that are required to take a fine arts class unwillingly will usually perform worse in the course than a student wanting to take the course. Students that are not able to do well in a fine arts course will struggle to succeed leading to a poor grade or even failing the course. Students that have to go through this will experience a drop in morale as well as a potential drop in their grade point average. Students that are expected to complete art work in academic courses that are not art courses struggle on the individual assignments and would prefer to do worksheets and tests instead of art assignments. Many projects completed by students that are not enjoying the art work will struggle to finish the work and finish with a lower quality than another student and will likely receive a relative