One of the most pressing items on an administrator’s agenda is figuring out how to manage his school with the newest budget cuts. More often than not, the answer revolves around one thing only. “Because of recent loss of funds, we must cut arts education from the system.” To some, this idea may seem absurd. To some, the idea is reasonable. They question the importance of the arts in the lives of students and find it an easy item to mark off the list. But arts education provides an outlet for creativity, produces well-rounded and academically inclined students, and even helps to lessen the negative effects of health issues. Throughout time, there has been one thing that nearly every person can agree upon. Adolescence can be immensely frustrating.
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But I don’t need scientific studies to tell me this. I see it happening in my own high school every day. The students who partake in our art, drama, and music classes are the students who have higher GPA’s and test scores, not to mention cleaner behavior records. Art education educates the whole person, and creates students with higher confidence levels, better public speaking skills, and improved cooperation techniques. On the outside, the benefits of learning to play a musical instrument seem simple. Some obvious answers fall along the lines of improved dexterity and brain activity. But what about the additional skills lying underneath? When learning an instrument, students gain better reading comprehension, as they are asked to read music. Students learn, through concerts and showcases, how to work as a team and how each instrument fits into a composed piece. Learning to play a new instrument often requires several hours of practice every day, teaching students the value of hard work, and how to properly manage their time. Students who are educated in the arts go on to have higher success rates in colleges and universities as well. Several of my peers who have gone into higher education –and some who have already received their degrees- make honor rolls, win awards, and attain steady, well-paying jobs more often …show more content…
Though there are different opinions on either aside, it is clear to me that the advantages of teaching the arts to students, heavily outweigh any opposing disadvantages. The arts help to educate more than just the brain. They help to form well-rounded, functional people, ready to take on whatever they may face next. That is the kind of education I want in my school
But I don’t need scientific studies to tell me this. I see it happening in my own high school every day. The students who partake in our art, drama, and music classes are the students who have higher GPA’s and test scores, not to mention cleaner behavior records. Art education educates the whole person, and creates students with higher confidence levels, better public speaking skills, and improved cooperation techniques. On the outside, the benefits of learning to play a musical instrument seem simple. Some obvious answers fall along the lines of improved dexterity and brain activity. But what about the additional skills lying underneath? When learning an instrument, students gain better reading comprehension, as they are asked to read music. Students learn, through concerts and showcases, how to work as a team and how each instrument fits into a composed piece. Learning to play a new instrument often requires several hours of practice every day, teaching students the value of hard work, and how to properly manage their time. Students who are educated in the arts go on to have higher success rates in colleges and universities as well. Several of my peers who have gone into higher education –and some who have already received their degrees- make honor rolls, win awards, and attain steady, well-paying jobs more often …show more content…
Though there are different opinions on either aside, it is clear to me that the advantages of teaching the arts to students, heavily outweigh any opposing disadvantages. The arts help to educate more than just the brain. They help to form well-rounded, functional people, ready to take on whatever they may face next. That is the kind of education I want in my school