Don't Take My Art Class Away

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In school I looked forward to art class, drafting class, and drama. These electives along with sports, I believe, is what got me to "want" to go to school. If I did not have these classes I would have had no desire to be there. Learning to love to learn begins in the classes you enjoy and are able to succeed in, then once you obtain this love for learning you can tackle the less enjoyable "core classes."

This article that I read from CNN angers me that they are taking out the electives in KS and MO along with a few other states just to add more core classes in order to pass standardized testing - FIRES me UP! I came to the conclusion that we need to have more challenging lessons, more prepared teachers, less dang testing, etc.... I can just see the drop out rates about to rise!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/08/04/double.doseeducation.ap/index.html