The Importance of Art
Lindsey Limbach
Period 7
February 15th, 2019
Period 7
February 15th, 2019
The Importance of Art: Response
"Tax dollars should not be wasted on art, music or theater classes in high school. Public high schools should be about training young people to enter the workforce. Period."
I disagree with this statement because being an artist, musician, or actor is a job. By putting tax dollars into the programs in high school that allow students to get a background on what they want to do, the dreams they want to achieve, people are giving students the opportunity to express themselves through entertainment whether or not they choose that path for the future. Art classes are valuable for creativity, expression, and like I said before, train and give students practice for what they choose to do later on. Not all jobs are office jobs, or sports, etc. In fact, if tax dollars go towards sports at the school they should go towards art classes because they are just as important.
Sports at high schools are given the most attention out of any elective or extra curricular activity, so why not art? There are pep rallies for athletes, big posters and announcements made for the big games, but none of that attention is given to the art students. For example, when there is an art show here at Lakewood Ranch, no one really wants to take the time to go see the art or the effort put into the work. Art classes are greatly underrated and I think it is unfair for the students interested in those classes if all of a sudden there was no funding or anything. At this point, funding is the least the school district could do for these students and their futures.
If there were no art classes in public high schools, it would be harder and more work to get a job as an artist or designer, photographer, or actor because the students wouldn't know the basics. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, and school is valuable time to have this practice for years, instead of starting later on. People insult these classes by not considering them important but the paintings you buy from furniture stores, I bet the artists behind them took art classes in high school.
Sports at high schools are given the most attention out of any elective or extra curricular activity, so why not art? There are pep rallies for athletes, big posters and announcements made for the big games, but none of that attention is given to the art students. For example, when there is an art show here at Lakewood Ranch, no one really wants to take the time to go see the art or the effort put into the work. Art classes are greatly underrated and I think it is unfair for the students interested in those classes if all of a sudden there was no funding or anything. At this point, funding is the least the school district could do for these students and their futures.
If there were no art classes in public high schools, it would be harder and more work to get a job as an artist or designer, photographer, or actor because the students wouldn't know the basics. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, and school is valuable time to have this practice for years, instead of starting later on. People insult these classes by not considering them important but the paintings you buy from furniture stores, I bet the artists behind them took art classes in high school.
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