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I agree that art and music should be essential to learn in school.

Well I will start out by attacking this case on two levels. I'm not sure exactly how you intended this so we will just have to see. Level 1 You state that, "I agree that art and music should be essential to learn in schools, public or private. It is a way to bring culture and education into children minds." Yet you offer me no one that you agree with. Were you simply intending to say that "Art and music should be essential to learn in schools"? Level 2 (Assuming you are trying to argue that they should be.) You say that it should be in schools because it brings culture and education into children minds. However what the community needs to keep in mind is the fact that many things do this all to different degrees. Music: Yes it brings some education. It also brings a lot of culture. Music goes back a very long way. Art: Maybe not as much education? Has quite a bit of culture. Foreign Languages: Lots of education, and a very great deal of foreign culture. Debate: Lots of education, a lot of culture (you need to know about every society to potentially debate well) Soccer: Not so much education, lots of culture though if you would like to get into it. Religion: Lots of education no matter what religion you choose, lots of culture obviously. World cultures: Same. Dance: Some education, lots of culture. Cheer leading: Nothing. Anyways my point is this. There are a great deal of activities that offer education and culture but clearly there is not enough time to do every single one of them in school. You say that it is essential yet I disagree and advocate instead for the freedom of choice. For some people art and music just isn't their thing, they need the opportunity to branch out. For some, having these classes mandated would simply be an aggravation every day. I would say instead that joining extracurricular activities should be strongly encouraged because of educational, cultural, and physical value. Thank you.