▶ Your Answer : Unquestionably, education plays a significant role in children's lives in many of the places where they study or play. A large number of people think that children should learn only math, history, science and language as mandatory subjects, while others think that they should have art and music as mandatory school subjects along with them. If I were asked to choose one, I would say that they have to learn art and music as mandatory school subjects. There are several reasons as follows. Above all, learning art and music helps children not only to improve their academic performance but also to increase overall happiness in their lives. Learning art and music gives them an opportunity to relax and recharging their batteries. When children are recharged, they are likely to bring a better result in school and it tends to prevent them from feeling bored about their lives as well. For example, Jo, my youngest brother used to feel depressed when he was in elementary school thinking that his life is becoming an exhausting routine. Actually, to survive in a competitive school, he spent the whole day studying all academic subjects such as math and history, hoping he could outdo other classmates. However, it was not easy because all of his classmates did as hard as him. It made him feel depressed and he was started to become a gloomy student. Fortunately, he was able to overcome his feeling after his school changed its policy to teach art and music classes as their mandatory school subjects. He started to alleviate his stress and became a sanguine student as music and art classes gave him a chance to relax and recharge his batteries. Thanks to this, he maintained good behavior by raising his grades in school and thinking positively. Naturally, he was able to excel all throughout high school and received straight A's in his classes. If he had not taken that art and music classes in school, he would not have been able to escape from depression and to bring such better results. In brief, I firmly believe that the advantages of mandatory art and music classes far outweigh its disadvantages. All in all, the importance of art and music education cannot be overestimated in life.
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