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(here is a cut and paste email I recieved today. Are you feeling depressed? Here's some sunny news to cheer you up! :)
More and more it is becoming apparent that the arts are
truly beneficial, not only as valid areas of study in their own right, but
also because they tend to improve academic performance in general. Those
who teach the visual arts see how the children respond, how their motivation
stimulates productivity, and how their involvement in the creative
process causes them to blossom and become even more productive.
But what's so encouraging for arts advocates is that the
arts are finally being acknowledged by authorities as beneficial.
A report in Soundpost (vol. 17, 1990, p. 21) states that
"students who take arts courses tend to have higher scores on the Scholastic
Aptitude Test (SAT) than those who do not." It continues by saying,"the more arts
courses a student takes, generally speaking, the higher his or
her SAT scores." That the arts actually tend to improve students' verbal and
numerical skills can be seen only as a bonus by those who already value the
arts for more aesthetic reasons.
Furthermore, problem-solving skills, which are essential
in today's world, are readily available through stimulating and art assignments
-
assignments that require the children to produce numbers of novel ideas
and then to make a series of choices to complete them. Such exercises require
a number of important cognitive skills.
Contained in the list below are some of the most commonly
accepted benefits that visual arts education provides for children:
Heightens self-esteem
Develops problem-solving skills
Allows for expression and creativity
Improves visual discrimination skills
Develops self-discipline and responsibility
Increases motivation to learn
Creates cultural and historical awareness
Develops ability to make aesthetic judgments
Tends to improve academic performance
comment:
Unfortunately, the goal of education is not to enlighten or stimulate creativity. "Education" is a tool by the government to produce ignorance and apathy. (Why produce well-educated students who can think for themselves, and affect pro-social change/awareness on the grassroots level, when you can have generations of mindless brainwashed sheep incapable of generating an individual thought?) The last thing the government needs or wants is a coherent grassroots anti-government/anti-war movement like the 1960's! (Where the hell is John Lennon when you need him? Oh wait, the CIA had him assassinated. What was I thinking?) When the so called "experts" acknowledge any benefits from an arts curriculum, what they really mean to say is "we must eliminate the arts from the curriculum," and they are actively doing it right now under the guise of implementing a new fake "reading" curriculum, while eliminating the very programs they tout as "beneficial". It's the Amerikkkan way, and it's what Jesus would want.
Meanwhile the government actively stages fake terrorist events like 9-11, targeting our own citizens to justify illegal perpetual wars. We prop up fake terrorists like Mousaiouii (sorry I can't spell, I am a product of the public school system), and put them on a fake trial so we can impose fake "justice" while feeling all gushy and sanctimonius about it (thanks Jesus!)...Where's my fake Bible and my fake 'made in korea' flag? I want to show my true colors and demonstrate how proud I am to be an AmeriKKKan...Seig Heil!
More and more it is becoming apparent that the arts are
truly beneficial, not only as valid areas of study in their own right, but
also because they tend to improve academic performance in general. Those
who teach the visual arts see how the children respond, how their motivation
stimulates productivity, and how their involvement in the creative
process causes them to blossom and become even more productive.
But what's so encouraging for arts advocates is that the
arts are finally being acknowledged by authorities as beneficial.
A report in Soundpost (vol. 17, 1990, p. 21) states that
"students who take arts courses tend to have higher scores on the Scholastic
Aptitude Test (SAT) than those who do not." It continues by saying,"the more arts
courses a student takes, generally speaking, the higher his or
her SAT scores." That the arts actually tend to improve students' verbal and
numerical skills can be seen only as a bonus by those who already value the
arts for more aesthetic reasons.
Furthermore, problem-solving skills, which are essential
in today's world, are readily available through stimulating and art assignments
-
assignments that require the children to produce numbers of novel ideas
and then to make a series of choices to complete them. Such exercises require
a number of important cognitive skills.
Contained in the list below are some of the most commonly
accepted benefits that visual arts education provides for children:
Heightens self-esteem
Develops problem-solving skills
Allows for expression and creativity
Improves visual discrimination skills
Develops self-discipline and responsibility
Increases motivation to learn
Creates cultural and historical awareness
Develops ability to make aesthetic judgments
Tends to improve academic performance
comment:
Unfortunately, the goal of education is not to enlighten or stimulate creativity. "Education" is a tool by the government to produce ignorance and apathy. (Why produce well-educated students who can think for themselves, and affect pro-social change/awareness on the grassroots level, when you can have generations of mindless brainwashed sheep incapable of generating an individual thought?) The last thing the government needs or wants is a coherent grassroots anti-government/anti-war movement like the 1960's! (Where the hell is John Lennon when you need him? Oh wait, the CIA had him assassinated. What was I thinking?) When the so called "experts" acknowledge any benefits from an arts curriculum, what they really mean to say is "we must eliminate the arts from the curriculum," and they are actively doing it right now under the guise of implementing a new fake "reading" curriculum, while eliminating the very programs they tout as "beneficial". It's the Amerikkkan way, and it's what Jesus would want.
Meanwhile the government actively stages fake terrorist events like 9-11, targeting our own citizens to justify illegal perpetual wars. We prop up fake terrorists like Mousaiouii (sorry I can't spell, I am a product of the public school system), and put them on a fake trial so we can impose fake "justice" while feeling all gushy and sanctimonius about it (thanks Jesus!)...Where's my fake Bible and my fake 'made in korea' flag? I want to show my true colors and demonstrate how proud I am to be an AmeriKKKan...Seig Heil!