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Kasyn Tapia
Professor Colvin
English 1201
17 January 2019
Recently, public school systems have had major budget cuts due to inability to fund
humanity programs. The government has taken funding away from many classes that are not in
the ‘required’ curriculum. Being in Highschool and seeing this happen to my school has
seriously affected me, especially being involved in the art programs. I see first hand how it
affects not only students but teachers because many can lose their job easily. Just recently, a
specific levy did not pass, and that cost 4 art teachers jobs just in my high school. I think that art
classes, along with music classes, are highly important to students and their education. Many
people do not understand that the humanity classes taught are extremely beneficial to students.
That is why this topic really intrigues me because I want to be able to advocate for the arts and
have factual evidence that getting rid of these programs will harm students and our upcoming
The arts and music are a big part in my education as well as my life. I think that without
learning either of these, I would not have been as successful in school. I think that to protect our
youth and future, we must find a way to prevent the budget cuts being made by the government.
If some way we can make more people realize the effects that these programs in school have,
they would not dare get rid of them. It is my belief that participating in these programs makes
kids more well rounded and even more intelligent. I have even done a little research as to how
these programs raise the IQ of students when they are introduced at a young age. There is lots
of research that even having your child listen to music like Mozart and Beethoven as a baby
triggers the brain in a way that makes certain parts of the brain develop smarter. Not only does
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it benefit the mind of a child, but it also is a major stress reliever for many kids, and taking that
away can result in taking away the only outlet of stress relief for many kids.
I am very interested in doing more research about this topic to find out exactly what art
and music do to the brain of a child and how it can affect them in the long run. I want to know
the science behind brain development between a child that was exposed to these topics at a
young age vs a child that was not exposed at all. I also need to do research on why the
government is cutting these programs to properly argue on why they should reconsider taking
away these program and ultimately value them instead of thinking they should be the first things
to go.