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    Art is like traveling the world, if you stay in one place all your life you don't experience other cultures, and world events. If kids have an outlet such as art they are more likely to excel in school. The main assumption underlying the author's thinking is that schools don't have, or have very weak art programs.

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    Art is like traveling the world, if you stay in one place all your life you don't experience other cultures, and world events. If kids have an outlet such as art they are more likely to excel in school. The main assumption underlying the author's thinking is that schools don't have, or have very weak art programs.

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    ArticleOne:TheImportanceofFineartsinEducation

    compiledbyBobBryant
    Paraphrase:Theartsareveryimportanttoouroveralleducation.
    MainPoint:Weneedtoexperiencetheartsinalearningenvironment.
    Inotherwords:Theartsaresomethingthatshouldbetaughtjustasimportantlyasthingslike
    englishandsciencecourses.
    Examples:Ihavelearnedmoreaboutmyselfinfouryearsofartthanihaveintwelveyearsof
    myotherclasses.NotonlythatbutIhavelearnedthingspertinenttoothersubjectssuchas
    perspectiveandhowtocreatemeaningfulworksofart.
    Metaphorsect.:Artisliketravelingtheworld,ifyoustayinoneplaceallyourlifeyoudont
    experienceothercultures,andworldlyevents.Ifyoudontexperienceartyoucantfully
    understandadifferentperspectiveonthings,andhowotherpeoplereacttopiecesofart.

    1.Themainpurposeofthisarticleisfortheauthortoexplainwhytheartsaresuchanintegral
    partoflearning.
    2.Thekeyquestionthattheauthorisaddressingishowaretheartsbeneficialtootherschool
    subjects,andwhydoweneedtokeepthem.
    3.Themostimportantinformationinthisarticleisthescientificresearchbackingupthe
    correlationbetweenstudentswhopracticethearts,andtheirdisciplinaryworkethic.
    4.Themaininferences/conclusionsinthisarticlearethathavingartincorporatedintodaily
    schoollifecouldhelptheworkethicofstudents.
    5.Thekeyideaweneedtounderstandinthisarticleisthatifkidshaveanoutletsuchasart
    theyaremorelikelytoexcelinschool.
    6.Themainassumptionunderlyingtheauthorsthinkingisthatschoolsdonthave,orhavevery
    weakartprograms.
    7.Ifa)wetakethislineofreasoningseriously,theimplicationsarethatschoolsmayhavetocut
    otherprogramstosupportart.Ifb)wefailtotakethislineofreasoningseriously,the
    implicationsarethatmanykidswonthaveanoutlet,oralternatesourceoflearning.
    8.Themainpointofviewpresentedinthisarticleistheartsareveryimportantandshouldntbe
    undervalued.

    1.Doestheauthorclearlystatehisorhermeaning,oristhetextvague,confused,ormuddled
    insomeway?Thetextisratherclearonwhatheistryingtoconvey.
    2.Istheauthoraccurateinwhatheorsheclaims?Yes,theyusescientificstudiestobackup
    theirclaims.
    3.Istheauthorsufficientlypreciseinprovidingdetailsandspecificswhenspecificsare
    relevant?Yes,theyuseexamples,andrelatethembacktothepointtheyaretryingtomake.
    4.Doestheauthorintroduceirrelevantmaterial,therebywanderingfromhis/herpurpose?No,
    mostofthetopicstalkedaboutarerelevanttotheoveralltheme.
    5.Doestheauthortakeusintotheimportantcomplexitiesinherentinthesubject,oristhe
    writingsuperficial?Yes,theauthortakesonthecomplexities,byrelatingittoscientificstudies,
    andreferringtouniversityprofessors.

    6.Doestheauthorconsiderotherrelevantpointsofview,oristhewritingoverlynarrowinits
    perspective?Thewritingismorenarrowtowardswhathisviewsare.
    7.Isthetextinternallyconsistent,ordoesthetextcontainunexplainedcontradictions?Thetext
    isinternallyconsistent,anddoesntcontradictitself.
    8.Isthetextsignificant,oristhesubjectdealtwithinatrivialmanner?Thetextseems
    significant,andmanagestomakesomegoodpointsonthesubjectmatter.
    9.Doestheauthordisplayfairness,ordoestheauthortakeaonesided,narrowapproach?The
    authorisprettyonesidedbuttherearentmanyargumentstobemadeagainsthisclaim.

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