I've just finished typing a 4-paragraph essay, due tomorrow, which is about why art should not be a required subject. I just wanted to see what people thought of the essay, my writing skills, and whether or not anyone agrees with me. I'm 15 years old btw.
Marty Tilert 1/13/08
English 10 Mod 1
Why art should not be a required subject
I do not believe that art should be a required subject to pass high school.
Currently you need one half of a credit, or one year, of art in order to pass in a
Prince George's County public high school. It is a general waste of time in the day
as well as the year.
I have not taken the class myself, but I have seen some of the ridiculous
things that are done in art and wondered about how it is possible that the school
system allows such useless things to be done in a class year after year. I fail to
see the practicality of knowing how to make a mask out of an empty milk jug, or
how to draw a picture of your shoe. It would also be embarrassing to have to
carry some of the stuff made in, or for, that class around school for transportation
to, or from, that class. I don't know if the school systems are trying to promote
some sort of cultural education or what, but a public high school is not the place
to do it, especially considering that this stuff is already done in elementary and
middle school, where there is no "credits" system and such things as this class
would actually take greater affect in teaching cultural values, since the kids
learning it have more impressionable minds.
High school is basically pre-college. The way I see it, anything you'll ever
need in college or in the real world is taught in high school, of course with the
exception of this class. I've walked into the art class before upon orders of
Mr. Austin to get a laptop from the teacher, and the class was quite disorderly,
it was as if the people had all changed into bratty children. As for the laptop,
what use does an art teacher have for a laptop anyway, aside from having an
emergency vessel through which to send the attendance when the desktop is
either not functioning right or simply non-existent, and yet that classroom has a
perfectly functional desktop from what I could see; my point being that this class
is also a waste of resources.
I do not look forward to having to participate in this huge and unfair waste
of time, nevertheless I have no choice. This is a truly ridiculous class in my
eyes, and it will be a period in my day next year that could've been put to so
much better use than what it will be. I can only hope that the class goes by
quickly once I am in it.
Marty Tilert 1/13/08
English 10 Mod 1
Why art should not be a required subject
I do not believe that art should be a required subject to pass high school.
Currently you need one half of a credit, or one year, of art in order to pass in a
Prince George's County public high school. It is a general waste of time in the day
as well as the year.
I have not taken the class myself, but I have seen some of the ridiculous
things that are done in art and wondered about how it is possible that the school
system allows such useless things to be done in a class year after year. I fail to
see the practicality of knowing how to make a mask out of an empty milk jug, or
how to draw a picture of your shoe. It would also be embarrassing to have to
carry some of the stuff made in, or for, that class around school for transportation
to, or from, that class. I don't know if the school systems are trying to promote
some sort of cultural education or what, but a public high school is not the place
to do it, especially considering that this stuff is already done in elementary and
middle school, where there is no "credits" system and such things as this class
would actually take greater affect in teaching cultural values, since the kids
learning it have more impressionable minds.
High school is basically pre-college. The way I see it, anything you'll ever
need in college or in the real world is taught in high school, of course with the
exception of this class. I've walked into the art class before upon orders of
Mr. Austin to get a laptop from the teacher, and the class was quite disorderly,
it was as if the people had all changed into bratty children. As for the laptop,
what use does an art teacher have for a laptop anyway, aside from having an
emergency vessel through which to send the attendance when the desktop is
either not functioning right or simply non-existent, and yet that classroom has a
perfectly functional desktop from what I could see; my point being that this class
is also a waste of resources.
I do not look forward to having to participate in this huge and unfair waste
of time, nevertheless I have no choice. This is a truly ridiculous class in my
eyes, and it will be a period in my day next year that could've been put to so
much better use than what it will be. I can only hope that the class goes by
quickly once I am in it.
Last edited by _j5689_ (2008-01-13 15:24:40)
