Art is everything. It is impossible to look anywhere in this
world and not see an artist's creation or some aspect of art. It allows
everybody to express himself or herself. Without art, the world would be
without color, design, literature, music, poetry, dance, and everything.
One of the biggest deficiencies of Turkish is the importance not
given art. Even in Ankara or Istanbul, the number of people who is in theatre
is not more than the number of my fingers. Ataturk says “A nation without art
has lost one of its lifelines.” He explicitly states the importance of art.
How much do we sensible towards the students who are prone to
art? Actually, we see music, theatre, poem, and dance as a waste of time.
Today, in our schools, art classes are accepted as an idle class. In these
lessons, students talks to each other, study other lessons like Math, Physics
or Literature, surfs on the Internet. In short, they can do whatever they want
except the things related to art. In some schools, if you have crayons
and drawing paper or block flute, the teacher will give you 100 points. I
wonder why the lessons related to the left hemisphere of the brain are very
valuable unlike the others like art or sport. I think the curriculum ignores
the most significant thing: functions of art.
Art provides opportunities for self-expression, develops
independence and collaboration. In this process, it improves academic
achievement such as enhancing test scores, attitudes, social skills, critical
and creative thinking etc.
The only language which is acceptable all around the world is
“Humanely”, and the most important lesson of humanely education is ART.
Dear Songül,
YanıtlaSilI really liked reading your work. I strongly agree with your ideas in that art does not receive the interest that it deserves in our country. I feel awful when I think of this. You have nicely pointed out the negative attitude towards art lessons and given some examples and a quotation from Atatürk to illustrate your points. In terms of organization, your entry seems unified and coherent. You have nicely organized your ideas into paragraphs and joined the ideas in each via appropriate connectors. As to your language use,you need to pay more attention to the following points:
the verb choice (e.g., See line 8, and line 10), and the singular-plural noun use (e.g., Line 10, "an idle class"), and the word choice (See the word "humanely"- I think you can use a more appropriate word for this).
I am looking forward to your next journals.