My First Impression About Band Class

I Complain My favorite part of the day is when I walk into my band class. Immediately, I can hear the loud sounds of a boisterous saxophone playing their part or the lilting sounds of a flute practicing their solo. These sounds fill me with happiness and they help to lift my mood. I love being in band. I have been a part of band for six years now and I love it even more every year. I enjoy the exhilaration of the performance, or joking around with my clarinet section. I am delighted that I originally chose to be in band, as it is now a huge part of my life. Unfortunately, some people do not feel the same way or have not had the ability to experience the same things as me. Because of this, they do not see as much value or importance in band …show more content…
However, this not a good idea. Our school should not continue to follow this pattern. These classes are valuable and do provide good things for the school. For example, they provide relief to stressed students. Last year I took a studio art class and was extremely happy with my choice. It was a great end to a long school day. I was able to exercise my creativity and was successful in the class. One of my favorite projects from this class was a mixed media creation. I painted a turtle; then afterwards went in with ink and detailed in seaweed. This painting will continue to be displayed proudly in my room to remind of the good time I had making it! As well as providing fun to a student’s day, fine art classes are also proven to help teenagers succeed in other classes. Arts students typically have higher test scores and receive better grades than those who are not involved in the arts. This is also shown on a global basis. As a country, China had decided years ago that fine arts are important. Therefore, they have mandatory arts classes. Why do schools in the United States have so little interest in maintaining the arts, when China clearly does? We should put as much emphasis on fine arts as China already has if we ever wish to catch up with them academically. If we, as a country, all participated in the arts, we have a chance on catching up with them on an educational level. All of my friends and I believe that fine arts have an extremely large value in education as well as