Shortage of Creativity in School Systems

It is my personal belief that school systems are slowly but surely killing creativity. I have come to this conclusion due to the fact that each year more schools around my high school are taking away classes that allow students to express themselves. There is a school in the conference right next to mine called Rootstown High school. I heard through many of my friends that go there, that their budget won't support some of their art classes along with cooking, child development, and a couple gym courses. Now I realize this may not seem like a huge deal to you or even me for that matter because it doesn’t effect our education; but if you take a closer look, you would see what a huge impact it has on those students. Think about all the kids in the Rootstown school system. They are being cut classes that get them away from thinking only about the core classes such as Math, History, English, and the Sciences. At what point in their school day do they get to use the other half of their brain? Rootstown isn’t the only school in their conference, in Ohio, and even in the nation that is being forced to drop creative classes. Without these classes, we are eliminating the practice of creative thinking. How do we expect kids to be successful without that skill?

            Other than the fact that many schools are dropping classes involving art and music, why is it that people don’t make a big deal about how core classes dominate all students’ schedules? My school in particular only required two credits in an “art” class.  But before you graduate you had to have four years (7 credits) of an English class. This does not seem fair to students whose strength is in the creative classes. They should have the freedom to take classes that will benefit them and their future plans. Then for students who thrive in the core classes should be put in the art classes specifically to strengthen their weakness and improve their creative thinking. Their must be a way to solve the slow paralysis of creativity.