Arts in Schools

                To start off with, and I know that this doesn’t specifically go along with the blog prompt but I must say this; yes, the arts in schools are important and of course I say this for many reasons. These many reasons include things such as the basic, but truly important, fact that arts in schools allow students to express themselves in a positive way. I also think that (and I don’t know if this is a proven fact or not) the more positive outlets you give students/kids, the less trouble they will get into overall. I say this because the arts in schools aren’t just drawing, painting, or sculpting, but are also playing, conducting, and creating music. The arts in schools also include shop class, sports, and clubs. I personally include all of these things that I just listed as arts in schools because they all require some form of creative energy or another. Another reason for as to why I say that arts in schools are important is that (and I’m just saying this out of my own opinion) they keep kids/ students out of trouble. How though? You might ask. Well the more free that a student feels to express themselves, the more relaxed they are with themselves, and the more relaxed that they are with themselves, the less they feel like they have to prove themselves, and it overall leads to a healthier environment not only in the students mind, but also in the community. Last but not least, arts in schools also keep kids out of trouble by keeping them busy. So overall I guess what I’m trying to say is that the more positively expressive and busy a kid is, the less likely they are to get into trouble and fall behind. Plus arts in schools are usually fun.

Rent

In my overall opinion of the movie Rent, it was phenomenal. Just absolutely excellent. It even made me tear up; multiple times. So that’s how it made me feel overall. Now, as for all the different parts of this movie that made me feel these emotions I will tell about them. To start off with, every time that Mimi sang I began to tear up because she has such a beautiful voice and is an amazing singer. However, to be honest, I also began to tear up when they thought that she died, but she didn’t and, when she came back I began to tear up because I was happy that she didn’t die.

                So as for how the creator of Rent addressed cultural issues, our main characters were struggling with paying their rent and finances although that may seem to pinpoint where the creator of Rent got the name for this movie, it is more than just paying the rent for a house, it is also about paying one’s dues, or rent, to society to be socially acceptable but then again, who cares what other people think and why should someone care what someone else thinks anyways. So our other main cultural issue is sexuality discrimination. Well it goes to a certain point in other words I’m saying that caring and not caring both go hand in hand. In other words, once again, there is manners, which is a form of caring, and being unaccepting of other people’s opinions, which is a form of not caring. But in my opinion being gay and happy should be socially accepted because love is love no matter what and that also leads to another part of the movie that I began to tear up to which was when Angel died, and she was a true angel.

                Overall, even though some parts of the movie were kind of confusing to me, I still loved it.