Art and music in schools

Music and arts are school subjects but they are important because everyone can express their own character and feelings through them. It’s very important that everyone can express themselves in their own way for instance by drawing, playing guitar or dancing.

For children, music and visual arts are a fun way to learn new things. With visual arts children learn to be more creative and with music children learn to listen, which are advantages later in life. A child may also find some arts really fun or even find a perfect way to recharge the batteries. That’s why in elementary school they should have even more arts than they have nowadays.

I don’t think that arts are really necessary in high school. If someone doesn’t like music or art, I think it’s totally in vain to spend time drawing something better than to do something that really interests in or is actually valuable. I think it is good that in high school there are a couple of compulsory courses and a lot of more advanced courses because someone may still find their own ”thing” and it gives a chance to those who really are into music or art.

The importance of the art subjects decreases when children grow older. Only a few people actually paint or play to support themselves and even then the salary is usually very poor so it isn’t important at all to have arts in high school or even in junior high. Yet I think that art is refreshing, but it would be better if everyone did it in their own time.