Mandatory art/music education in high-school is good!!
I thank my opponent for her response. --- Response to C1 --- "Why? Leaving teenagers
- who are undoubtedly in a state of growth marked by a headstrong, brash personality
- to decide what is best for them in their path to adulthood is a foolhardy thing
to do. They are emotionally and physically stressed - it is manifest that they are
unsuited to make decisions of such significance." --> And choosing for them is a better
option? Indeed, for someone to make such a decision for someone else, they would have
to prove it would be best for every student in their path to adulthood. Indeed, thee si evidence to suggest even 14 year olds are capable of making decisions:
"By and large an average teen, given clear information and sufficient time to think
about it, acts in their own best interest reasonably well." [1] Clearly, if teenagers can do this, they are capable of choosing what they
wish to study in school based on their own interests. -- Response to C2 --- "Now,
music is confirmed to facilitate brain growth (augmentation in concentration, intelligence,
self-control, etc.), an essential factor for these high-school students. In fact,
it has been proven that music is a key factor that can raise grades, test scores,
SAT scores, etc. It is also very universal and encompasses multifarious genres to
satisfy the mercurial interests of students - jazz, classical, rock, music theory,
etc. It is also a great way for students to release their endorphins while extirpating
stress they have gained, whether from homework or social life. There are, as of now,
hundreds of psychiatrists who promote "music therapy" - a form of healing using music."
--> Firstly, if music is beneficial to the student, they should partake in it after
school or in their own time, not during school hours which could be better used studying.
School is for learning, not releasing stress. As for brain growth, none of my opponents
sources reference brain growth, except one which mentions it "continues for many years
after birth". We're talking about 15 year olds, not 5 year olds. Further mention of
language processing is unnecessary for the vast Majority of 15 year olds. And if students
need music therapy, they should be going to a psychiatrist. Thus far my opponent has
not affirmed how music education is beneficial to every student, nor why it should
be mandatory. I await her response. [1] = http://www.cafety.org...
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