Children, Arts, and Du Bois

                In my opinion, it is important for students to do a form of art while they are in school. Different forms of art that students could take can include poetry, lyricism, singing, visual arts, drama, dance, or anything else along those lines. I believe it is important for art to be an option at school because with art students can express how they are feeling which is very important. Maybe someone has trouble talking about their feelings, but is able to let it out through art. That would help them so they wouldn’t have to keep their feelings bottled up inside. Art also gives students the chance to be themselves. They can let others know more about them, express their feelings, or tell a story about what they are going through in life. They can do those by writing a poem or song, make a dance out of it, or draw a picture. Another way arts curricula could help students is because it gives their minds the opportunity to be free. Students can use their imagination. They can come up with stories to write about, a story to dance to, or draw pictures of a story. I think this could help because instead of having to just learn what is being taught in school, students can have time to learn about themselves and be creative.