Art in schools

Teaching art education in schools today is a very controversial subject. Not everyone in the field thinks that schools or school teachers are teaching art that can be done outside of school. Art is a subject that every student takes since they are in elementary school and it is a way to express creativity and express yourself in a different way. The article starts talking about how in school, art does not create a way for students to have free expression. Many parts of the articles suggest that students should have more freedom to be able to create work more freely using materials that they want and their own ideas outside of school. In my opinion, every student needs to know the basics of art like materials, different kinds of art that is out there, and definitely the vocabulary necessary to talk about a piece of work and be able to understand what each work of art is made of. I also think that as the student advances into each level of art, they should have more freedom to make what they want and use the type of materials that they want. Students should be able to express what they want and be able to show their identity in their work without having to follow guidelines that can limit their creativity.

            The video that I have attached is a great way to show that not everything done in school or taught in school is the best way to learn important things in life. Successful people have accomplished great things by doing things out of the box in ways that these different ways of doing things have followed them throughout their whole life. They weren’t just doing something to get a good grade or to pass a college course. Doing things that way will only make people forget about it when the class is over. The video urges people to do things that can be useful for the rest of their lives.

            In conclusion, I totally think that art in school should give student more freedom and teach them that there are many possibilities in creating something not just what the teacher provides them with. Thinking out of the box and doing things differently can be good and it can help obtain amazing results. There are many ways to accomplish something and nothing should limit you to the many possibilities in life.

Link to video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_ZmM7zPLyI