Comment by xtian
6 years ago
My point is that conditioning children to think of art in this formulaic way can only be attributed to ignorance or malice. There is no need to test for reading comprehension using a banal interpretation of poetry.
For evidence of the significance of art in the human experience, check the historical record. The oldest musical instruments are something like 50,000 years old. As far as I know, similar artifacts were not produced by any other hominids. On both the societal and the individual level, creative inspiration has done more to help people exceed their boundaries than any systemized rubric ever has.
>My point is that conditioning children to think of art in this formulaic way can only be attributed to ignorance or malice.
I can believe that that this is your contention.
>There is no need to test for reading comprehension using a banal interpretation of poetry.
You say things as if they were obviously true.
>For evidence of the significance of art in the human experience, check the historical record.
OK.
I'm not sure what this red herring is supposed to do for your argument.