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Davebarry, schools are exactly the place for them because, otherwise, kids would have minimal exposure to them. I'm not so sure you're correct on the percentages, but to use that reasoning, football isn't used by a high percentage of kids either, nor is baseball, etc. I don;t think it's as black and white as that. Arts have been part of school curriculums for generations and studies show that students who take arts classes do better on standardized tests than those who don't. The days of schools teaching just the three 'R's went away a long time ago. Lastly, look at private schools and see the arts offerings they have. They have them because there's a value to the students in having them.

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