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I couldn't get through on the telephone, but I totally agree with your speaker who talked about the importance of art education. As an elementary school teacher I would find it impossible to teach young children without the aid of the arts. Art teaches us about life, responsibilities, sensibilities and being caring, reasoning beings. And yet, when money gets tight, the arts are the first programmes that get cut in schools. Until Oregon learns to spend money on the arts in education we will never have a public who appreciate that contributing to the upkeep of the arts is vital for society. For example, Columbia University in New York has an excellent and successful reading program that teaches children using REAL books, written by REAL authors, not fabricated text books. When you educate the next generation to believe that the arts are important and not just a tag on then you will have a public that will support something that they value.

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