Reply #13: It is so sad that we can spend billions

[HillbillyBob]

on war but 12$ per per child per year is too much to ask.
Im somewhat artistic (and frugal) I used to do near museum quality furniture restorations on not much more.
Music and Art bring out the best and most creative parts of our kids and can help make learning interesting.
But I guess the powers that be don't want creative thinking citizens?
Learning to create from almost nothing can be a life saving or at least sanity saving thing to know about.
just my 2c.
I grew up around Depression Era Great Grandparents and Grandparents.
Waste Not were words to survive by, but they were always glad to help with artsy things even when it was not something of a priority..like getting the cows fed.
My dad worked at a paper mill and donated a lot of reams of paper that would have been wasted or even just turned back into the process.
One teacher even said it let her get paints and things she would not have been able to afford on the art budget.
The school district that I grew up in was not in a wealthy area and funding was always short for art.
I think art can be one of our saving graces.