Arts and Du Bois

 Arts curricula can be very important to a student’s development. Just giving them a chance to think outside the box of right and wrong answers, and get creative could be enough of a reprieve to get them through calculus next quarter. The arts are another aspect of education to cut them would be just as harmful to academic growth as cutting math or English. There are key critical thinking and problem solving skills developed through art classes as well as affording the opportunity for growth in social skills. Social skills and charisma are more important in the work force than any other skill or trait. They afford you the opportunity to present yourself and your ideas in a confidant manor that will quickly push you up the corporate ladder. Schooling primarily focused on math and science leave very little if any room to develop these two incredibly important skills that an arts class such as acting would quickly build. To quote Keith Gilyard “Obviously, I take no position against science, technology, engineering, and mathematic efforts” but the arts classes are just as important to a rounded education.