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Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee met with The Des Moines Register’s editorial board Friday, April 13. Huckabee says the “dumbest” thing schools have done over the years is to cut art and music programs. He describes them as essential to preparing creative and competitive students.
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Mike Huckabee: Art and music education
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THIS IS ALL HERE THAT LISTEN TOO THIS MESSAGE LISTEN TOO YOU THAT WANTS TOO CUTE OR TAKE AWAY THE ARTS PLEASE PLEASE DONT TAKE THE ARTS AWAY THE ARTS MATTER THE ARTS MATTER I LOVE THE ARTS.
I would love to get into Art and music education but I have no idea how
I recently watched a youtube video in which the Alexis I Dupont H.S. Band Director Paul Parets said "There are several hundred trophies here on the walls. The nice thing is every one of them is a first place." This is a great example of what is wrong with music education and why it is dying. Music "educators" are so obsessed with winning that they are not teaching appreciation for music to their students. When those students become adults, they do not support music education and programs die.
This guy is right everything he says is true
I couldn't agree more!!!!!! So well said!!!!
@DoubleGauss is that a joke? Because if it is not, you have absolutely no idea what this man stands for. calling him a big government liberal based on one statement about his respect for the arts is beyond disingenuous on your part. grow up and think like an adult that doesn't make snap judgements based on your own biases.
HE IS SOOOOO RIGHT!!!! I AGREE 100%! 😀
Mothercash it takes a Republican to think this way. Democrats began taking this out of the system 50 years ago.
You tell them Mike, you are right on.
I agree with Mike Huckabee??? Feels strange…
@anythingbutGracekale Private schools and home schooled are not the same.
@gsuitter " home schooled students consistently out perform publicly educated students." Of COURSE they do! Private schools can kick students out for not performing at a high enough standard.
Anyone ever hear of private schooling? If we cut public schools all together and instead parents had the option to be refunded that tax money and have a pre-tax option to send their kids to private school, our nation would be 100 times smarter.
MIke Huckabee.. another tax and spend big government liberal.
@whhawks
The dumbest mistake we MADE in education is turning it over to government and lets liberals be in charge.
ron paul 2012
Actually, the dumbest mistake we make in education is inadequate funding. If we didn't keep doing that over and over again, we'd have all the arts in every school.
I am surprised and pleased to hear this sort of thinking from a Republican.
@onwardthruthefog
really? hmmm. I never knew.
@kramermilan Jesus was the first robot with the capability to explain the digital secret to an audience. Data made some jokes reffering Charles Ives, but never trust in a robot telltaling his own stupidity. The finale of Ep.III
was a fake, Palpatine was a slave and Avatar for the real Sith Lord R2D2! Vulkaniens always lie, but avoid to ask your trainee for creativity what´s really going on! BASICALLY
Well said! Agree 100%
Well said! Agree 100%
While its great that the arts are known help in areas such as math and science, the arts exist for a more basic reason.
The arts are necessary for being complete human beings. The arts explain life, and allow people to be creative beings- complete beings.
@moderndaywarriorAZ What experience have you had with literally "dozens" of instrumental music educators? You honestly couldn't find ONE who cared more about what their students learned? Not one? Isn't that most likely a drastic exaggeration? And by the way, "generalizations" are usually NOT true. It's the louder, more obnoxious people who make it so everyone else is "generalized" into the same category. For example, it is a "generalization" that all white people are racist. Not the truth.
Bravo, Mike Huckabee!
Bravo, Mike Huckabee!!
Mr. Huckabee is right…In America particularly, well taught school arts classes are the only classes that synthesize everything taught in other so-called academic classes…and no one should oppose assessment in the arts. Striving for success in adjudicated competitions of any sort focusses light on what takes place in the classroom/rehearsal… There have to be outcomes, and they have to matter.
@moderndaywarriorAZ and I owe all that to my High School band director.
@moderndaywarriorAZ I don't see this. I see teachers who truly care about music. Teachers who want their students to care about music. What I've seen in my years in music (I am an Instrumental Performance major) is that the students don't care or want to care. They want an easy A in High school and they want money in College (granted College isn't the issue right now) but Music Education kept me in School. it kept me interested and gave me a reason to go on to college.
@polyesterlife I have no doubt that your music teacher did a great job. But, I have had personal experience with dozens of instrumental music educators over the last 25 years and I cannot name one who cared more about what their students learned more than what scores their students received at music festivals and competitions. Generalizations exist because they are generally true. No generalization applies to all of the people in the generalization.
This is a great video. But, unfortunately music education is in trouble because music educators do not instill any respect or appreciation for music in their students. Most music educators are only concerned with using their students for things like impressing parents, impressing their peers, winning competitions, and getting high scores and ratings at music festivals. Music educators are killing music education with their selfishness. They need to take some responsibility.
This is a great video. But, unfortunately music education is in trouble because music educators do not instill any respect or appreciation for music in their students. Most music educators are only concerned with using their students for things like impressing parents, impressing their peers, winning competitions, and getting high scores and ratings at music festivals. Music educators are killing music education with their selfishness.