Hello List,
Higher education is grouped into colleges. There is a reason why the Arts & Sciences
are grouped together. They compliment one another.
I am a highly creative individual. When I was in 7th grade at Bryant Jr. High, I was
fortunate to have an advisor named Miss Seaberg. I was shy and she ran a afterschool
group for teen girls. She spent time talking to me and recognized my artistic bent,
and took me to audition at the Minneapolis Children's Theater. We had to sing, learn
a dance routine on the spot, do some speaking, etc. God blessed me, and I was
accepted into their program. I then spent half a day at regular school and my
afternoons in theater school. It was the best education I could have imagined. One
helped me focus better on the other. In 7th and 8th grade I stayed on the Honor Roll,
doing well in subjects I hate like math.
My daughter attended North High School under the Arts and Communications Magnet. She,
a lot like her mother, thrived under the dual programs as well. My son did not attend
school in Minneapolis, but he is also creative. He can take things apart and fix them
without being taught how. And sometimes having a bent nudges the book learning.
Coincidentally, my children and I are all quite literate, and we all write as well.
I am returning to school in January to complete a dual major of Communication Studies
and Fine Arts, with a minor in Public Relations. All of these are in the same school.
All of these skills will be used as my foundation, The Smith Howard Foundation for
Youth (2002) comes to prominence. It will serve the artistic, educational and
socioeconomic needs of youth and communities. Most social service programs utilize
arts in various forms to reach children who may be considered "lost" or have lost
their way in some form or fashion. Studies have proven that individuals who have a
"liberal education" are the most adaptable to situations that life thrusts upon them.
I can personally attest to that.
Also, an FYI: Who do people think design these nice school buildings and homes you
live in? I have a friend who is an architect who is not so great in math. If it were
not for the artsy stuff, where would he be? Coincidentally, he is a founding partner
in the firm, and they design buildings around the country. If it were not for dance
and sports to give those bodily kinesthetic individuals (known in school as the kids
who never want to sit still and act out, who are full of energy), there may be a whole
lot less doctors around. Individuals who have great control of their bodies make
wonderful surgeons. Where would the NFL be without great players like Lynn Swan, who
took dance to make him a more graceful and coordinated runner? Sometimes the arts are
so subtle that you don't notice them in the everyday scheme of things. But they are
highly important to the scheme of things.
Well, enough said for today. I survived my bedroom ceiling falling in due to
hurricane Ivan. I was among the lucky few. I lost a few items, but oh well. I am
creative AND a critical thinker. I will figure something else out. I will survive.
Pamela Taylor
(In Florida, getting ready for Hurricane Jean)
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