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8月5日
09.05.30NA
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Younger school children (ages five to ten) should be required to study art and music in addition to math, science, history and language.
Now, it is widely held that art and music plays an indispensable role in our daily life. Art and music is to people’s life what the color is to a white paper. However, when asked about whether younger school children should be required to study art and music in addition to math, science, history and language, some people may hold a negative view because of the young age of these children. Contrary to their opinion is my heartfelt agreement with the idea that younger school children should be required to study art and music in addition to math, science, history and language.
Admittedly, to understand the deep or hidden meaning of the artwork, one needs to know the cultural background or some other art theory knowledge which would be hard for the younger school children to comprehend. Also, considering that the younger school children have already had to learn math, science, history, and language, some parents may worry about whether their children could bear the burden of learning another course about art. However, art has its own value to the younger children despite their younger age and the art and music course is deserved to be learnt by them due to the numerous benefits it could bring about.
To begin with, these subjects give the young children an outlet to express their emotions. Since they are still very young, it may be difficult for them to use only language to show their feelings. However, with the help of art and music, their moods or feeling can be easily expressed. For example, a girl who is pride and joyful can draw a painting in which there is a girl with a big smile on her face jumping high in the air or can simply sing a cheerful song. The case is not isolated, it is one of many examples I have encountered.
In addition, learning art and music plays an essential role in cultivating the children’s characters. They would learn to be patient, to persist on their target and so on. For instance, a boy who wants to play a piece of violin music well has to practice the music again and again. At first, the music may sound terrible, but if he keeps on practicing, he would finally play a euphonious music in the end. What’s more, this successful experience would encourage him to keep on pursuing his dreams in his later life.
Last but not least, requiring the younger school children to learn music and art would make them to acquire an excellent way to relax themselves when they grow up to teenagers or even adults. As we all know, life is not easy and we would feel tired and exhausted after long time of study and work. If these children learn art and music courses when they are still young, they would know how to play music or appreciate the art works through which they can drive away the weariness in their future life.
To sum up, while there may a couple of disadvantages to require younger school children to study art and music in addition to math, science, history and language, I feel that the advantages far outweigh them. Learning the art and music could give the children a way to express their emotions as well as help to cultivate their characters. Also, it would teach the children an excellent method to relax themselves in their later life. So from what has been discussed above, we can safely arrive at a conclusion that Younger school children should be required to study art and music in addition to math, science, history and language.
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