Art,literature and philosophy be made mandatory for students of all discipline/subjects,what do you say?

Question

Education to day develops only 'head', but not the 'heart' and 'hand'.Hence culture and physical education should be made common to all students, atleast the quintessence of those subjects,say, a day in a week.Don't you think it is feasible and necessary?

Answer 1

It should not be merely the acquiantace with the arts,philosophy..but it should be in detail. All children should get compulsory education on these subjects. Let them grow as the real human. not just like tech savvy..living only for money and food of east. you may get criticism for this point as u support the real human creativity. let the children enjoy the real taste of life by studying these subjects. this won't ever reduce the creativity. we need more Rabindra nath tagores, Bankim chandra chaterjees...not only the slaves to computer giants.

Answer 2

There are so many brainy but heartless people lacking in values. Taking arts, literature and MOST ESPECIALLY philosophy can help a person come to terms with his humanity - how it is to be a human more than the scientific/biological man. Bertrand Russell's "The Value of Philosophy" is a good starter.

These disciplines are often given less consideration/taken for granted than the sciences. One has to consider that on top of being a professional is being a genuine human which is a "25-hour job".

Of course, taking these subjects will not necessarily infuse change in the students nor not taking taking them would mean that students will become liar lawyers or unethical businessmen.

At least in my university, we are required to take philosophy subjects (and other humanities subjects) and physical education classes (first two years) alongside our major subjects - holistic education indeed.

Answer 3

Yes. IT's called the right brain development and without it the brain becomes very narrow and does not "see" in other realms. A left brain development is the emphasis in public education - yet public education claims to teach the "whole" child. That is not so if art, music and pe are eliminated. These are all critical thinking skills based, just like all the other subjects. To be able to function well in this world today you need to have creative solutions to problems and without a right brain developed and worked on, it won't happen.

Answer 4

In some of the private universities, like mine, they were already mandatory, including theology. We never questioned the value of those studies.

Answer 5

Even now all students are overloaded with too many subjects.

Answer 6

good idea to kill the creativity