There are many kids out there that enjoy and grow because of a variety of activities such as art, music, band, student council, scholastic bowl, etc. When it comes to budget cuts, these activities are the ones that usually get cut. Why are these the activities that get cut? I have no idea. We should fund the arts because they have a minimal affect on academic budgets, Americans support funding of the arts, and the arts are essential for people’s future.
A counter argument could be made against my opinion. We shouldn’t fund the arts. One could argue that cutting the arts would save money or that learning to draw, dance, or playing music is worthless. My paper argues to support the arts.
“First, the Free Speech, 2000 article stated that cultural funding is less than one-hundredth of one percent (.001%) of the federal government’s multi-billion dollar budget, and a mere 36 cents per capita” (1). This little snippet of information demonstrates that there’s no reason to not fund the arts. The article goes on to say “…data suggests such a cut could increase the
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deficit and actually would hurt local economies” (Free Speech, 2000 1). Yet again, this next piece of data comes to state this question: why on earth would you not fund the arts if it’s ultimately going to put you more into debt, or deficit? Furthermore, if funding the arts is only .001% of the budget, there’s your reason to fund the arts! Next, there are generous people out there who would be more than willing to give a small portion of their money to fund the arts. “Almost as many, 61 percent, say they “would be willing to give $5 more in their own taxes per year to support federal government efforts in the arts” (Free Speech, 2000 2). Since many people want to give money in support of the arts, they should definitely be funded because this reflects our cultures value of the arts. If we run low on money, we could simply ask for donations, fundraise, or work out a plan to reduce debt. Third, kids develop creativity, and can visualize different things they want to draw or express. The text stated, “The arts are essential for our children’s future because they improve overall student learning, enhance cognitive development, instill self-esteem and discipline, and provide creative outlets for self-expression” (Free Speech, 2000). If we take the arts away, the only thing the students are going to have are sports, and focusing on physical prowess in lieu of intellectual prowess. If we take away the arts, students could possibly lose positive learning essentials. However, if we keep the arts, we keep all the students excited and cheerful. Therefore, all of the teachers get to keep their jobs. To bring this all together, if it puts us into more debt, then we shouldn’t cut the arts.
We shouldn’t even ask the question: should we cut the arts to try to help our budget funds? Plus, funding the arts is a super tiny portion of the budget so it shouldn’t even affect the budget. If people are willing to donate money, and help support the arts, there’s no reason to cut the arts. Cutting them would be useless. Therefore, we want the students to be successful, and the arts help with creativity, discipline, and self-expression. This would be another reason to keep the arts since they help students gain these learning essentials. Overall, we should fund the arts because the arts only have a minimal effect on the academic budget. A ton of Americans support funding of the arts, and the arts are essential for people’s future. To wrap this up, we should fund the arts, and not cut them when it comes to the
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Upon years and years, the government has tried to cut back spending on unnecessary programs and reduce the deficit of the Untied States. Recently, this has caused numerous shut downs of the government offices over agreeing on budget between congress and president. Therefore, president Trump has suggested to cut all funding to certain programs like National Endowment of the Arts this will be catastrophic for the education systems, and art programs across the country it funds. The Untied States government should not cut funding for NEA (National Endowment of the Arts) because lose state programs, and make local artist go bankrupt.
Budget cuts are a menace to schools and children it limits potential and closes the gate around the arts not allowing our children to experience everything they can. School should be place where our children can learn be creative and have fun, they should be enjoying their stay. Just like Barry it should be a sanctuary that allows them to forget all the problems at home and have fun in
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What makes a good person good? According to WikiHow, "We should learn to define our own morals ourselves. One of the simplest ways to do so is to love others, and treat them as you would like to be treated. Try to think of others before yourself. Even doing small things daily will greatly enrich and improve your life, and the lives of others around you." This quote shows us what we need to do in order to be what society thinks as, “good". In order to be a good person, you have to do good and moral things in your society consistently. However people might think that by doing one good thing once in a while will automatically make you a “good person”, but in reality it doesn’t.
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Art is everywhere , every tv show, every ad , and every book is art. That is why it is a vital part in today 's education system, but in the rush to bring ip standardized test scores art programs are being dramatically cut and forgotten about altogether. With the new focus being on Common Core State Standards, which does not include art as a core, schools are having to take away art budgets to focus on cores that are being tested on.
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One of the major arguments for art education in schools is that it improves test scores in other academic areas. A 2006 Gallup poll found that 80 percent of Americans believe that if students
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