After a whole semester of looking at whether or not anyone even cares about the lack of fine arts in the schools I have discovered that there are people that do care about the situation. This is an extremely pressing situation that has been caused by NCLB. There are people out there who are fighting for the arts. I also realized how much of an affect not having fine arts affects other subject areas. Studies have been done and show that kids who have fine arts do better in all of their basic courses and on tests than those who do not have the option of art classes.

 

But, the sad side of the story is that its teachers vs. the government. Teachers are fighting and see the need for these classes. But, the government still thinks that there is no improvements and that teachers aren’t teaching anything. Yet, many government boards still don’t see why it is impossible for school o provide these options to kids. They don’t make the connection between NCLB and budget cuts. Even our candidates for president fail to address the problems with it.

 

As for RSS, it is a really good resource for finding anything you want. I even used it for my other courses. I’m surprised it’s not something that more professors let students know about. Though there are still some bugs and stuff it was rather enjoyable and easy to use. It was actually easier than going and finding articles on your own. It that were the case I would probably have gotten everything from CNN.com.