did you have art and music in school?

[Xavier Breath]

2. In high school I had neither.

But that was by choice. Art classes in high school were for those with artistic talent, not a general class for the masses. I couldn't (and still can't) draw a decent stick figure, so I passed on those. It was the same situation with music, with the talented participating in either band or choir, and the rest of us receiving no musical instruction. But it was there for the taking had I been so inclined.

It was a different situation in grade school, where music classes involved singing and sometimes even dancing. And, art classes were a regular part of the curriculum, with me creating some monstrosities that only a mother could love.

Even though I never excelled at art, and my musical aspirations fizzled after a couple of years in band, I nevertheless look back on them fondly, and they seem like a great tool in forming a well-rounded individual.