The university was closed today, not that I would have tried going to work in this weather. We just got notified that it will be closed again tomorrow, too, which is just as well.
Last night I entertained myself by watching the temperature drop and watching the first episode of Arts & the Mind on PBS. Lots of interesting food for thought there. One of the questions raised is why do we consider the arts optional in US schools? We seem to understand that art is important. We know that without art, creativity, and imagination, all the math and science in the world will do us NO good. And then we turn around and cut the arts from school curricula.
red paper boat 
Sorry about the cabin fever! Great cat pictures though. I agree about the arts – makes no sense to me – rigid curriculums that provide no artistic challenge are so lacking. Taught at the graduate level and I had students who wouldn't even understand some of the artistic references I used, sad.
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I've tried eleventy times to leave comments on my phone. The iPhone app sucks, and I'm guessing Google isn't very motivated to fix it.
Anyway!
It's ridiculous to keep cutting arts classes. It's clearly not improving standardized test scores, and it isn't doing kids any favors, either. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
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