Why aren’t art classes pass/fail?

[Anonymous]

My high schooler earned all except in art. The teacher said she only gives As to students whose art is outstanding.

Why shouldn’t classes like art, music, and PE be pass/fail?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My high schooler earned all except in art. The teacher said she only gives As to students whose art is outstanding.

Why shouldn’t classes like art, music, and PE be pass/fail?

Isn't that what A means, that the kid's work was outstanding?

Why should your kids' talents be visible, and my kids' talents in music or art be hidden?

[Anonymous]

I'm sure that kids who are planning to be artists would like to make other subjects like math pass/fail, but they're not. You DC will survive getting a B in art.

[Anonymous]

Why aren't the classes you're kid earned As in pass/ fail?
Maybe you passed your rigid thinking into your kid and they just aren't very creative.

[Anonymous]

GPA doesn’t play a big role in art school admission or music school or recruitment for a Division I team…but it does impact admission to academic programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why aren't the classes you're kid earned As in pass/ fail?
Maybe you passed your rigid thinking into your kid and they just aren't very creative.

Those kinds of classes don't belong in a public education curriculum. I agree with the PP that they should be P/F.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't the classes you're kid earned As in pass/ fail?
Maybe you passed your rigid thinking into your kid and they just aren't very creative.

Those kinds of classes don't belong in a public education curriculum. I agree with the PP that they should be P/F.

Yikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My high schooler earned all except in art. The teacher said she only gives As to students whose art is outstanding.

Why shouldn’t classes like art, music, and PE be pass/fail?

I don’t believe an art teacher said that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why aren't the classes you're kid earned As in pass/ fail?
Maybe you passed your rigid thinking into your kid and they just aren't very creative.

Those kinds of classes don't belong in a public education curriculum. I agree with the PP that they should be P/F.

Yes, arts and sports are distractions. Right now kids can barely read on grade level. They need to eliminate this stuff and get back to the basics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why aren't the classes you're kid earned As in pass/ fail?
Maybe you passed your rigid thinking into your kid and they just aren't very creative.

Those kinds of classes don't belong in a public education curriculum. I agree with the PP that they should be P/F.

Yes, arts and sports are distractions. Right now kids can barely read on grade level. They need to eliminate this stuff and get back to the basics.

Right, learning deficiencies are totally due to too much PE and art.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why aren't the classes you're kid earned As in pass/ fail?
Maybe you passed your rigid thinking into your kid and they just aren't very creative.

Those kinds of classes don't belong in a public education curriculum. I agree with the PP that they should be P/F.

Yes, arts and sports are distractions. Right now kids can barely read on grade level. They need to eliminate this stuff and get back to the basics.

Right, learning deficiencies are totally due to too much PE and art.

You do not understand (and I am different poster). I would be for an additional hour of reading in lieu of getting rid of art.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why aren't the classes you're kid earned As in pass/ fail?
Maybe you passed your rigid thinking into your kid and they just aren't very creative.

Those kinds of classes don't belong in a public education curriculum. I agree with the PP that they should be P/F.

Yes, arts and sports are distractions. Right now kids can barely read on grade level. They need to eliminate this stuff and get back to the basics.

Right, learning deficiencies are totally due to too much PE and art.

You do not understand (and I am different poster). I would be for an additional hour of reading in lieu of getting rid of art.

DP. I think you mean extra reading in lieu of art. I agree. Art should be optional.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't the classes you're kid earned As in pass/ fail?
Maybe you passed your rigid thinking into your kid and they just aren't very creative.

Those kinds of classes don't belong in a public education curriculum. I agree with the PP that they should be P/F.

Yes, arts and sports are distractions. Right now kids can barely read on grade level. They need to eliminate this stuff and get back to the basics.

Right, learning deficiencies are totally due to too much PE and art.

You do not understand (and I am different poster). I would be for an additional hour of reading in lieu of getting rid of art.

DP. I think you mean extra reading in lieu of art. I agree. Art should be optional.

OP’s kid is in high school. It is optional. It’s an elective.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't the classes you're kid earned As in pass/ fail?
Maybe you passed your rigid thinking into your kid and they just aren't very creative.

Those kinds of classes don't belong in a public education curriculum. I agree with the PP that they should be P/F.

Yes, arts and sports are distractions. Right now kids can barely read on grade level. They need to eliminate this stuff and get back to the basics.

Right, learning deficiencies are totally due to too much PE and art.

You do not understand (and I am different poster). I would be for an additional hour of reading in lieu of getting rid of art.

Luckily for kids and the rest of society you are not setting the schedule/requirement. The rest of us wants well rounded and sane individuals, and realize the arts and p.e. contribute to that.

[Anonymous]

I think a grade is fine, but the grades for PE, music, art, should be for effort, not for the quality of the result. The exception for music and art, IMO, is that it’s fine to grade on results for assignments that test your knowledge, such as a test on various techniques or facts. I don’t think the teacher should grade on whether she thinks a picture is good - it’s too subjective. If we didn’t know the name of the artist, we’d probably give a lot of failing grades to art that is in MOMA.