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In reply to the discussion: did you have art and music in school? [View all]Retrograde
(10,733 posts)37. Not really
there were a few attempts to teach us about "great musicians" in Catholic grammar school, and all the girls from 6th grade up had to sing in the church choir (with no training of any sort - must have sounded great). In Catholic high school there was choir for those who could carry a tune, but after school. There were occasional attempts to include something called Art Appreciation, and there was a small art track for those interested, but most of the girls were college bound and took additional math and sciences instead. Most of my exposure to art in those days came from family trips to Buffalo's Albright-Knox museum, which was heavily slanted towards 20th century art.
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Art and music were just part of our public grade school curriculum in the '50s
Ocelot II
Apr 2023
#1
Republicans certainly don't see it that way. They want schools to prepare students for a life
Chainfire
Apr 2023
#5
Absolutely. Have read numerous articles citing that music, especially, yields better school
allegorical oracle
Apr 2023
#16
Had music daily for most of my school life. Was in the band, concert and marching, for seven years.
allegorical oracle
Apr 2023
#15
IIRC, it was only in high school. I was in segregated schools in Texas (Brown v. Board was decided
CTyankee
Apr 2023
#19
I had both art and music but don't remember how many times a week. Was at least once a week.
Raftergirl
Apr 2023
#31
HS class of '75 in Chicago west burbs here. Art & music were mandatory thru Jr. Hi.
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2023
#35