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Arts take a beating in FL --long

From: MarshArt
Date: Sun Mar 19 2000 - 13:57:34 PST

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    "Arts take a beating in college admission" was the headline I was greeted
    with in my Sunday morning front page newpaper! Seems like the " powers that
    be" (Board of Regents) have decided that they want our students "to have a
    solid academic base" (they don't already???) so high school students will
    have to take 19 credits of academic classes "such as math and history" to get
    into a state university. This will force schools to make major shifts in
    scheduling to fit in all these requirements. Arts will be pushed out because
    of time-constraints.

    Get this! Classes such as computer science, broadcasting, dance or art, inclu
    ding AP art courses won't count. What ever happened to the well-rounded
    student?? Here we go again! Those of you who survived the 1960-70 's arts
    cutback, remember the jargon????

    Time constraints will knock out electives such as the arts! To quote: "
    This is not a criticism of those who take art classes, but we're not
    measuring creativity....We're measuring whether a person is prepared to do
    well in college".

     I wish I could remind some of these "people" that Einstein was a creative
    thinker....he pushed beyond what is known,into the unknown. Do they think
    we just twiddle our thumbs in an art class? What about decision-making
    skills we use? Or, pushing the envelope to see what is not there;
    Encouraging our students to think beyond their known boundaries to create a
    NEW thing?

    Argggggh! I am so mad right now, I feel like throwing my breakfast omelet at
    them!!!

    Florida teachers, what do you think?

    Marsha 

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