Children are a lot like plants, and schools are there to help them grow and be more nourished. Forcing children into force fed, rote memorization, non-critical thinking tasks limits their growth in far reaching and fundamental ways.
While math and reading and science are incredibly important, the importance of each is trumped by the need for children to experience different things in dynamic and organic ways. Music stimulates all parts of the brain, and it's effects are far reaching, both emotionally and intellectually.
Children do not go to school for memorization and grades, they go to school to learn, to become inspired and enriched, and to become ready for the very dynamic world they will each ultimately face as they mature.
Music is the water and fertilizer which makes their roots stronger and more able to absorb nutrients. Cancelling the music program is a short sighted and misguided approach to saving money, and does little more than to cut our childrens progress off at the stem.
I do hereby submit that Death Metal and Punk Rock be taught to ALL children beginning in kindergarten!
