Why is Music

Education so Easily
Dismissed?
Samantha Wood
ENG 2010 MW 5:30

Our children are the rock on which our

future will be built, our greatest asset as
a nation. They will be the leaders of our
country, the creators of our national
wealth, those who care for and protect
our people.
-Nelson Mandela

What do the arts REALLY teach

us?

Set Design
Orchestration
Staging
Improvisation
Music
Drama
(Williams
2014)

21st Century Skills

Project management
Team building
Effective time management
Leadership
Cooperation
Collaboration

Not to mention, quite a bit of math

Did you
know?
Albert Einstein began violin
lessons at age 5

Compares finding Theory of

Relativity to Mozart composing
his sonatas

(Miller 2006)

How Much Are We Spending on

Education?
Federal Govt Budget
2015

Education = $102.3 billion

Which means
Only 3% of budget
allotted to
education
(US Government 2015)

TOTAL Budget = $2.32 trillion

How Much Are We Spending on Education?

(continued)

Utah spends least amount per student per year in the

Nation
Utah average $6,206 (per student per year)
Nationalaverage $10,608 (per student per year)

Sad, right?
(Roth 2015)

And in
conclusion
Who can we really rely
on in the future?
Our children and our
childrens children
Invest in their (and our) future with
a
well-rounded* education
*Must include music, art, sports, etc.

Works Cited
Miller, Arthur I. "A Genius Finds Inspiration in the Music of Another." The New York Times, January 31, 2006: 1.
Roth, Max. "What would it take for Utah to spend as much on education as the national average?" Fox 13, February 20, 2015: 1-2.
US Government. Fiscal Year 2015 Budget of the US Government. Washington, D.C.: US Federal Government, 2015.
Williams, Yohuru. "Rhythm and Bruise: How Cuts to Music and the Arts Hurt Kids and Communities." Huffington Post, September 17, 2014: 1-4.