As a complete product of Issaquah public schools, there is absolutely no way I would be here if I didn't have well-funded arts programs and some great teachers who were constantly pushing me intellectually and personally.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I wouldn't be where I am today without the amazing public arts education that I had.
I am convinced that no one is fully educated without a full grounding in the arts.
So what it boils down to, in my humble opinion, is that we need to support the arts in schools, and at every other level in the education of children.
I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school - because my parents couldn't have afforded it.
Fine arts education in public schools is really abysmal. The same emphasis should be put on music, theater, dance - anything creative - that's put on math and science.
There are different types of talents and intelligences, and traditional schools sometimes ignore the creative ones. It is important for us to give kids every platform for them to find what they are good at and what they love. The arts also provide a space for newfound creativity.
For a long time, I have been inclined to start a school for the talented children.
Everyone needs a creative outlet to express themselves, and the arts in school provides that.
I'd like to work on putting art programs back in schools.
I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.