Dead Classes?

Whatever happened to art class? Music class? PE? I hate that these class have been banished from many schools curriculums. Basically it really kills students creativity. Art and music classes are necessary. Students should focus on math and english and science but what's wrong with learing about fine arts too? I will try to incorporate art into my individual class lesson plans sometimes, just because its so necessary. PE has also been eliminated, but its probably the most necessary cass of all. It not only keep kids in shape but helps their social skills develop and teaches corrdination and team skills, which are necessary in life. But people wonder why kids nowadays are obese.

Standardized Testing

I really don't believe in standardized testing at all. I think that all it does is make the classroom structure too rigid. Teachers just end up having to make students memorize certain things and spit them back on a test. It also hinders students learning because they just memorize answers and not lern how to apply the material. I keep hoping that the CRTs will just die, but with the NO Child Left Behind, they just wont.