Reflection of the Arts

  According to my experience about learning the arts in China, I didn’t receive a holistic fundamental education of the arts actually.

  As we all know, the students in American universities should do so many homework to develop various kinds of awareness and abilities to live better in the future, they are usually free before they entered into university. But it’s completely different in China as a contrast.

  My head teachers in junior and senior high school always occupied the artificial classes to do other things. They regarded Chinese, English and math classes as major classes. In their opinions, artificial classes were not necessary as the major because there was not an examination for the arts. So I didn’t have enough time and chance to study the arts deeper and practice it.

  After I entered into university, I thought I had time to do something I liked such as learning the arts, but there was no artificial class to let me know what’s the arts and how to observe the beauty of life. So I tried to look for it on the Internet, but the disappointed reality was that artificial classes on the Internet were almost incorporated with lower qualities. Of course I would have high quality classes of the arts if paid for it.

  I think the artificial education is very important because it could help us cultivate the awareness of beauties and observe the beauty in our lives and enjoy it. It’ s long way for Chinese educational department to promote the status of artificial education in China I think.