[Mpls] Arts in the Mpls schools

[Ray Marshall]

My father taught me how to drive and my 
mother taught me how to swim!
I'm not quite sure why the schools are 
teaching those subjects either.
But I do understand that times have changed.  
Going back to the original question, in times 
of decreasing budgets, enrollments and an
explosion of the numbers of people who can't 
pass the basic tests, where do we want
to put our priorities?
Ray Marshall
Minnehaha


Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 20:42:06 -0500
From: "Steve Nelson" <snelson104 at mn.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Arts in the Mpls schools

I'm sorry, Mark, but if its necessity in society is obvious to you and you
still wonder why it should be taught then I can only imagine that you will
next be suggesting that we drop driver's education and just let everyone
learn by doing.  By the way, did your father teach you to swim by throwing
you in the deep end of the pool and letting you figure it our for yourself?
Or did you take lessons?