Should the performing arts receive equal as sports? The performing arts have been proven to increase a child’s mind. Yet sports keep the mind and body strong. This is a debate that has being going on for the past 20 years. On whether funding should be used to fund sports or the performing arts. People argue for both sides. Today I am arguing for the performing arts. Music education being the right of all children …showed first 75 words of 1489 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1489 total…an appreciation for the arts (11).” Many researchers, college professors, deans of colleges and people have said that music is a wonderful thing and that improves the mind. If you do not agree with what all these researches have said then that’s ok. But sports have not been proven to do any of this. Bibliography 1. Ivey, Bill “The Arts are Basic.” Teaching Music June 1999: 55-56 2. “Recent Brain Research on Young Children” Teaching Music June 1999: 41-54