Immediacy defines all days. Knowledge is to be quickly earned; lessons are to offer results. There can be no hesitation — because success can’t be achieved without instant proof and students are expected to excel (not merely dawdle). The pace is relentless and the need for speed is overwhelming. Only subjects that can support that need are therefore chosen. Schools are shaped to mathematics and chemistry, the many grammatical rules. Everything else is discounted, thought to offer no rewards. And the arts are then abandoned, believed to provide no advantages beyond color.
This is the great tragedy of education — and it must be stopped.
Teachers are meant to supply more than logic to their pupils. They’re instead to offer creativity, dynamic thoughts. The purpose of the arts is not simply to cultivate design. It’s instead to inspire depth. Minds become analytical, studying both techniques and symbolism. Individuals gain cognitive thinking, as well as an appreciation for different cultures and religions. Collaboration is encouraged (due to the nature of music, theater and more). And confidence is inspired. Children — whether in their primary years or finishing their final credits in high school — are offered endless values.
And these must be encouraged.
The world is shaped to a fast mentality. All benefits are to be obvious; all success is to be easy. An art infused education doesn’t conform to this standard, however. It instead offers rewards that can be applied to all elements of life (rather than being rigid in its specificity). It strengthens minds, ensuring that they can embrace more than simple studies: it allows them instead to embrace truth.
Provide the arts to all students. Allow them to gain more than mere knowledge.