did you have art and music in school?

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

32. I can't answer the poll

Because I attended a bunch of schools. My parents' jobs required frequent moves, so I experienced many different schools--urban, rural, public, private, large and small.

For the primary schools, I attended a city school that didn't have art and music at all. Or if we had it, I don't remember it. I also attended one small (religious) school that had an excellent art program, but no music. A rural school had art and music classes, but only once a week, or something like that.

For secondary schools, I attended a rural school which had no art or music at all for grads 7 and 8. After that, the schools were in small towns and a city. All of those were more consistent about offering art, music and drama, but some were better about it than others. Oddly, the city schools I attended offered a good selection of music and art options, but the classes were mediocre and boring. I didn't last a week in them before I was opting out of them and into other electives.

I had better luck at the two small-town schools. One had a famed drama department that was a regular winner or runner-up in competitions. The music program garnered almost as much respect. Unfortunately, the drama teacher and I...clashed, and the music teacher turned out to be a perv who attempted to molest me, more than once. I stuck with the drama class, anyway, but the music had to go.

The other small town school I attended during those years had an orchestra--the only school of all I attended that did. I have vivid memories of the orchestra classes, but can't remember very much about the rest at all. I think it's safe to say that orchestra was my favorite class of all.