Why bother teaching art to people who don't like it?

Question

Think about. A kid sits there having to draw something they don't like or don't want to draw. They maybe even would like to do something better with the 1 hour they spend drawing something they don't think they can draw or something they don't like.

Think about. A kid sits there having to draw something they don't like or don't want to draw. They maybe even would like to do something better with the 1 hour they spend drawing something they don't think they can draw or something they don't like. Then they hand it in and get bad grades for drawing it wrong or with not enough detail. I think kids should have the opportunity to take art as an option from Year 7 up.

Answer 1

Art and music are integral parts of a well-rounded education, because they develop parts of your mind that simply don't get exercised by math, science, language arts and history. They promote creative thinking, and give you another means to express yourself. Think about it this way: if all you ever did in school was learn math and language skills, that's all you'd ever know unless you chose to educate yourself outside of school, which I know most kids wouldn't do -- how many kids wake up on Saturday morning and say, "Mom? Dad? Can we go to the symphony today? Or the art museum? I'd like to learn more about post-impressionistic art." Could you make a living without knowing the difference between Monet and Picasso? Sure. Many people make it through life without the ability to recognize Beethoven's Ninth Symphony upon hearing it, or appreciate what it means to those who can. But there's something missing, and if it's missing from enough people, the arts just die, because they're a participatory medium -- great art is only great if people see it, great works of music are only great if they are heard and appreciated. If you don't know the basics of various forms of art and how they are created, you have a much more difficult time appreciating how difficult it would be to create masterpieces -- the Mona Lisa is just some Florentine floozie with a knowing smile, and Dali's "Persistence of Memory" is just a weird picture of melting clocks, but none of them will mean anything to you without some basis for comparison.

Learning to draw has other practical benefits as well. Years from now, when you buy a house and you're talking to an interior decorator or a general contractor while planning on renovating your house or repairing something, if you're able to at least sketch out your ideas, they'll be able to understand you better than if you just tried to explain it verbally. If you've never learned how to draw lines and shapes, there are a lot of math problems that would be difficult to solve simply because you'd have to visualize them in your head. If you go into any science research field, drawing skills are absolutely vital, because most if not all of them rely on some illustrations in published works to make your data easier to interpret, and not all of them can simply be generated from an Excel spreadsheet -- you gotta draw them.

Besides, like many people have already noted, I have yet to meet a kid who doesn't like to draw. You might not willingly choose to draw a bowl of fruit or some person posing for you, but the skill will prove useful later on, even indirectly.

Answer 2

It should be an option when they are older, but school isn't just about doing the things you like - it's about discipline too and learning to get on with something even if you don't like it. A life skill.
And if it's taught well then the teacher might just even inspire the pupil and discover a branch of the subject they are good at. I am rubbish at drawing but I found I was good with the 'crafty' side of art.

Answer 3

I was never a fan of art, either, but the point of requiring certain courses is to give you experience in all kinds of areas so that you can make good decisions about what to pursue as an adult. While you won't actually use everything you learn in school, it gives you an understanding of your history and culture. Art isn't just drawing, either. It includes sculpture, painting and other media. There were things I didn't appreciate while I was in school, but now that I'm older I wish I had tried to do a better job.

Answer 4

I didn't like art when I was in 9th grade. It was because I thought I was awful at it and didn't know how to draw anything well. But I was forced to take Art 1 in 10th grade because of a scheduling conflict. I didn't really like it at first, but as I was learning techniques, I started to draw a lot better. So since I could managed tobe good at it, it was a lot more fun for me. So I started to like it and continued taking art in 11th and 12th grade.

So make the kids draw. Many will with time, develop skills in drawing and other areas and art, and then feel proud of themselves.

Answer 5

I disagree. I think it serves two very important purposes:

1. Allows for creative expression, and exercises the child's mind to think in a different way.
2. Allows the child to explore a possibly hidden talent.

Creativity is part of our everyday lives, in the way we interact with people, and is an integral part of most if not all jobs.

Art is also a great form of therapy, and it is supposed to be fun for everyone. If the children in your class are not enjoying it, then maybe you should take a look at your teaching style. Maybe you're not being creative enough or your dislike or indifference of the subject is being reflected in your teaching style.

Children learn better and show more enthusiasm for a course, where the teacher has a genuine affinity for the subject and for teaching in general.

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Answer 7

Because its part of the National Curriculum, which aims to give children a rounded education, so that when they take their options, they have enough learning and experience to know whether they actually enjoy the subject and if they are any good at it.

There are thousands of children who feel the same way about maths, history, english, french, geography, religious studies, physical education and the whole rest of it. But everyone has to do it.

Answer 8

The answer to this is that Not Liking It is not necessarily a fixed state, and inspiring teachers can make subects exciting to their pupils.

Excellent teachers bring a subject to life: it is part of their job: though I daresay there are pupils who would never take an interest in art no matter how well it was taught.

Answer 9

The purpose is to expose children to a wide variety of ways to express themselves. I have NEVER met a kid who didn't like art class. Maybe it's the teacher? Not offering enough interesting media to work with or projects to create? Why not suggest a project that you would like to do?

Answer 10

Using your same logic (or lack of it) why teach anything to anyone who doesn't like it? Art may just open up some avenues of appreciation for artistic areas such as painting, sculpture, architecture, and drawing. ANYTHING we learn is good. We can't let individual likes and dislikes dictate curriculum in our schools. Chaos would result.

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