Art for Our Sake

Art for Our Sake

The article The Art for our Sake ' by Ellen Winner and Lois Hetland demonstrates the relevance of arts in education as well as in real life situations . I agree with the article . Although there is no concrete evidence that backs the claim , a person involved in arts is creative and persistent . He can deal with academic demands more easily . For example in Mathematics , arts will not teach a person literally how to solve complex equations , far from it . Instead , arts teach him to persevere and not to give

up easily at the first encounter of failure . The fact that the solution in any math equation is fixed and cannot be altered is at the mind of the student who is taking arts . With this , his creativity and resourcefulness allow him to find ways in dealing with numbers that will eventually lead him to the same solution . Art does not make a student to deviate from the facts taught in the four corners of the classroom , but it gives freedom to him to be flexible and not rely heavily on the restriction of textbooks . He becomes creative , which allows him to come up with more than one approach until he arrives to the best solution

Many people nowadays are taking art for granted . They think that it is irrelevant in this fast-paced generation and life still prospers even without art . What they do not know is that art is very important as we go on with our...