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• The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.
  "Too much emphasis is placed on the development of reading skills in elementary school....
• Colleges and universities should offer more courses on popular music
  film, advertising, and television because contemporary culture has much greater relevance for students than do arts and literature of the past....
• A school or college should pay its teachers at the same rate in all disciplines, regardless of differences in salaries for related fields in the world outside of school.
  For example, entry-level teachers in mathematics and in the arts should receive the same pay, even if outside of school, math specialists earn a much higher salary on average than do specialists in the arts....
• I think this country would be in much better shape if all liberal arts majors agreed to get a good grip on algebra and trigonometry
  if not calculus, and all engineering/science majors agreed to get a good grip on literature, art, music, etc....
• The arts (painting, music, literature, etc.) reveal the otherwise hidden ideas and impulses of a society.
• All students should be required to take at least one course in ethics, even if taking the course means a decreased emphasis on academic subjects.
• You have a deep appreciation of the arts and music.