My daughter came home from school the other day and when asked at the dinner table what she did today in school she said that they watched a movie in Music. Was it a movie about music or a historical piece where music played a huge part? No it was not. Apparently the teacher was preparing for the school play and so she put a movie on for the grade three class. I got upset and everyone was surprised or maybe not, because they know me. I said, would this happen in math class? Or science? No it would not. So why is it ok to do that in Music class or in Art class? It brought back a memory of high school where our yearly Art budget was spent by the sports department instead of on supplies for Art. I have had many discussions about how little importance Art and Music have in schools compared to math. I remember sitting with a mathematician talking about the Golden Section. He was coming at it thru numbers and I was coming at it thru Art. We were both talking at the same level and coming to the same conclusions. Anything that you can teach in grade school math can be taught in Art. Art can be taught at a high level but instead the schools are teaching Art at a very basic level. Art has no place in school or so they would have us believe. I beg to differ and I will always speak up and stand up for Art and Music in the lives of our children. It is important and people are too stupid to see that. Someone said to me that it is too early too put that much focus on art and music. I said we do it for hockey and that is why in Canada we have a history of having some of the best hockey players in the world.
I don't have to worry though because my blog is about Art so it and what I say will go totally unnoticed.