tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764797702568335112.post7180758025073464897..comments2024-03-01T10:23:18.379-08:00Comments on Language, Literacy and Storytelling: Art Is Not An Elective For EveryoneDonna Washington - Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041171044081636636noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764797702568335112.post-57645875084347610942017-01-18T08:46:34.295-08:002017-01-18T08:46:34.295-08:00I love what you say here. It is all so true, and s...I love what you say here. It is all so true, and said in a way most people 'should' understand.<br />Thanks.Smilin' Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11020208018631616901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764797702568335112.post-9723235531007480002017-01-13T16:42:44.164-08:002017-01-13T16:42:44.164-08:00Amen.
Amen.<br />Donna Washington - Storytellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041171044081636636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764797702568335112.post-18911621844066742662017-01-13T16:29:41.519-08:002017-01-13T16:29:41.519-08:00So, a day or two ago on PBS as part of their Educa...So, a day or two ago on PBS as part of their Education Series, there was a piece about how arts are being used in some very low-economic low testing schools in Louisiana to teach all the disciplines and how it has changed those schools. ReNew Cultural School and a group called KidsmART, have changed the lives of these students: their test scores higher, far less discipline problems and attendance no longer a problem. Hmmmm.....maybe the arts should be given more time.<br /><br />In the 18th century it was nothing to spend 2-3 hours in an upper income family learning to dance properly. A woman's stitch could be her "calling card" for a good husband. Thomas Jefferson was an artsy scientist. Patrick Henry was a sought after fiddler. The songs of Fisk University Jubilee Singers helped a school survive. And just today, I was reviewing the biography of a man speaking at my father's club's event: this awesome African American man is University of Richmond President AND still teaching as a Professor of Music AND this past summer spent touring with a trio in US and Europe. Sorry, I'm writing a blog. I just so agree with you and it is hard to my heart to see how the arts are cut quickly, without seeing what happens to our next generation. Sheila Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06173604829846874409noreply@blogger.com