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Anonymous wrote:What's the point of forcing a year of arts classes on students who aren't interested in the arts and would prefer to take another academic class? Is there a way to get this requirement over with in the summer?

By your logic, we should not force phys ed, health, or even English or math on kids who aren't interested and would rather take something else.

Only requirements should be math, English, science, history, and foreign language.

Anonymous wrote:You want well rounded kids.

I know the ideal 21st-century person is the antithesis of the renaissance, the measure of ONE thing...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the point of forcing a year of arts classes on students who aren't interested in the arts and would prefer to take another academic class? Is there a way to get this requirement over with in the summer?

By your logic, we should not force phys ed, health, or even English or math on kids who aren't interested and would rather take something else.

They have had so much health ed in MS, they don't need more. They should allow opt out for PT for kids in outside year round sports.

The HS health curriculum is different from MS due to the different issues HS students face.

If outside sports get out of PE, what about other subjects? DC is in an outside orchestra. Should they be able to get out of the fine arts credit?

DS took Digital Art during the lockdown. We thought it would be a slam dunk, but no. He has spatial awareness issues, is NOT creative, and my goodness, he kept producing "art" worthy of a preschooler. I don't know how his poor teacher gave him As all year. For completion, I guess!

I generally support elective requirements in public school, but my son proved resistant to learning anything at all...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the point of forcing a year of arts classes on students who aren't interested in the arts and would prefer to take another academic class? Is there a way to get this requirement over with in the summer?

By your logic, we should not force phys ed, health, or even English or math on kids who aren't interested and would rather take something else.

They have had so much health ed in MS, they don't need more. They should allow opt out for PT for kids in outside year round sports.

What if you opt out and then get cut from a spring sport but it is too late for PE for the second semester? What if you do a fall and spring sprt but no winter??

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the point of forcing a year of arts classes on students who aren't interested in the arts and would prefer to take another academic class? Is there a way to get this requirement over with in the summer?

By your logic, we should not force phys ed, health, or even English or math on kids who aren't interested and would rather take something else.

They have had so much health ed in MS, they don't need more. They should allow opt out for PT for kids in outside year round sports.

Anonymous wrote:They can do something like photography over the summer.

I don't think they get what arts is. It includes visual arts, art history, ceramics, band, orchestra, jazz band, music theory, piano, guitar, and many other subjects I can't remember offhand.

Anonymous wrote:What's the point of forcing a year of arts classes on students who aren't interested in the arts and would prefer to take another academic class? Is there a way to get this requirement over with in the summer?

By your logic, we should not force phys ed, health, or even English or math on kids who aren't interested and would rather take something else.

If you think 1 credit of arts is a waste of time then I question how well you understand the value of education.

They can do something like photography over the summer.

You want well rounded kids.

Anonymous wrote:What's the point of forcing a year of arts classes on students who aren't interested in the arts and would prefer to take another academic class? Is there a way to get this requirement over with in the summer?

Yes, they can take Photography 1A and 1B online this summer.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/extendedhours/summerschool/courses.aspx

Same reason they're forcing a tech and a health requirement. To attempt a well rounded education. Your kid may be surprised to learn they have a creative side. Mine may be surprised that they enjoy tech. Maybe not, but they have to do it anyway so let's both just suck it up and move on.

Your poor child.

What's the point of forcing a year of arts classes on students who aren't interested in the arts and would prefer to take another academic class? Is there a way to get this requirement over with in the summer?