The arts (music, dance, visual arts, etc.) are vitally important to students' education and should therefore receive as much emphasis as mathematics, science, reading and other mainstream subjects."
Related:
- The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.
"Too much emphasis is placed on the development of... - Colleges and universities should offer more courses on popular music,
film, advertising, and television because contemporary... - A school or college should pay its teachers at the same rate in all disciplines,
regardless of differences in salaries for related fields... - 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... - The arts (painting, music, literature,
etc.) reveal the otherwise hidden ideas and impulses... - All students should be required to take at least one course in ethics,
even if taking the course means a decreased emphasis... - You have a deep appreciation of the arts and
music...
From the same category:
- People have been so encouraged by society to focus on apparent differences that they fail to see meaningful similarities among ideas,
individuals, and groups... - Over the past century,
the most significant contribution of technology has... - The function of science is to reassure; the purpose of art is to upset.
Therein lies the value of each... - No matter what the situation,
it is more harmful to compromise one's beliefs than... - It is dangerous to trust only
intelligence...
