The Importance of Art response

Art classes should be offered in public schools and should not be considered a waste of taxpayer money.  If public school's one main goal is to train students to be functioning members of the workforce, they are doing a poor job.  If the only goal of attending school is to have an average job in the future this would explain why many students drop out of school before they graduate high school. Art classes are the only place where some students feel they know what they are doing.  The career path of an artists should be taken more seriously than it is in a public school environment because this very waste of effort could result in a student thinking a career path as an artist is unrealistic.