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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:04 PM Original message |
Do you agree with Obama that art and music should be back in schools? |
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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Should have never been taken out. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Right..I didn't realize it had..except |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. the big picture - take money away from kids and their future |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. It's no accident or coincidence... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Definitely. Kids need the right classes to cut. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. I can't decide. It's such a controversial position. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Heh |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. heh heh -- good one n/t |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
56. tee hee. well, isn't it kinda nice that everybody is on the same side on this one? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Certainly nt |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. HELL YEAH! |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. HELL, YEAH 2. |
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flor de jasmim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. He mentions it in most or all of his town meetings: |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. AS an artist.... |
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americanstranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. And as a musician... |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. and it rewires your brain and makes you smarter! |
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americanstranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
57. My wife might argue with you on that. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
94. yes, and music is also math |
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SoFlaJet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. yea I started as a caricaturist |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
82. Another artist checking in to agree and say... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. Oh ABSOLUTELY! These are not adjuncts to an education. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes... |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. I could not agree more. |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. I would love to see what they actually teach in schools these days |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
59. Mr. Hollands Opus - a great movie. thanks for the reminder. nt |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #59 |
96. I just couldn't get past the fact that it took him 30 years to write 3 minutes of music. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. Absolutely--I would not look kindly up a school system |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes (nt) |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. hell yes. I live in FCATlorida |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 06:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
79. Don't even get me started on those writing formulas. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. My kid must've been spoiled |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. was this in grade school, middle school or high school? |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. He was in choir from Pre-K all the way through high school |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. wow |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #54 |
85. Really? |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
22. Absofuckinglutely! |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think it is very fitting Barack has inspired so much art and music. The true beauty of the world.. |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. Even though my kids are grown I'd like to see after-school programs |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. Without a doubt |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
28. The school system is rigid and set up for testing - the children are nervous wrecks! |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yes! Ricardson addressed this too -- passionately |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. Absolutely! |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. absolutely !!!!!!! |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. I can't believe that we even have to ask this question. |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
33. Most definitely! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. Art and music is dead to me now! |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
35. K and R I think he means what he says about the Arts. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. Absolutely! n/t |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yes I agree ... |
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Champion Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
38. Absolutely agree with him |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yes, with great abandon |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. Yes! |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. YEAH! |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. Often Art and Music Are the Only Things Keeping The Kids In School |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. In a lot of cases it's more about time than money |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
46. Fuck yes they should. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
48. I wasn't aware they took it out. |
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TAWS (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
50. Schools have been cutting art and music to focus more on science and math, which I agree with |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #50 |
89. As a rocket scientist (lol) I have to ask |
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ericgtr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
51. It's sad that students don't have this today |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
52. YES! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. Absolutely. A (second) language, too. nt |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
55. Yes, no question. |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. Of course (I would have said hell yeah but someone beat me to it) |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
60. yes... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. "and never ever any hfcs" |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. lol there's all sorts of other food... |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
61. When were art and music taken out of the public schools? |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. they have been cut in a number of places... |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
62. Of course |
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JayFredMuggs (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
63. I am against art and music in schools |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
64. Art, Music and P.E., IMHO. Yes. n/t |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
65. Not just Yes,..... but Hell yes. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
67. Absolutely -- and industrial arts (shops) too! It builds neuronal pathways. |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
68. Music teacher here-my student load has doubled in the last five years |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
70. And I'd add to that - Civics class |
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aaronbees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-02-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
72. The arts and music help us dream... |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
73. absolutely . . . in fact, I wouldn't mind seeing them replace business classes . . . n/t |
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Huge Ego Sorry (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 04:22 AM Response to Original message |
74. If not for the kids in the art and music classes |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #74 |
83. Who would've designed and silkscreened that Iron Maiden shirt for you? |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 05:03 AM Response to Original message |
75. if it was`t for art i`d dropped out of school in 1965 |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
76. It's through art and music |
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susankh4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
77. Yes. |
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JustinL (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
78. video here |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
80. Physical Education and organized Recess needs.... |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
81. Is this a trick question? |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
84. i agree, but |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
86. Do Bush and Cheney strike anyone as being lovers of art and music? |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
87. Yes. I fiercely disagree with him, however, |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #87 |
90. I've got to be honest |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #90 |
101. That's some of it. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Wow! |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
88. Yes. |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
91. Hell yes! |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
92. yet another thing Obama copied from Hillary... |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
93. Yes and mandatory/womandatory Phys. Ed. classes all 12 yrs. |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
95. Art and Music are gone from all schools...only some |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
97. Yes. and School Sports should be cut untill both areas are equal. |
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terip64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
98. Yes, K&R!!! n/t |
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aquarius dawning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
99. Just what America needs, more artists. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
100. I Have Very Mixed Feelings On This |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
103. Absolutely! |
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