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My Fourth Blog Post

  Ruby Bridges: How it all Began Ruby Bridges was the first black student to enter an all white school, and faced many challenges in the process. At a young age, Ruby helped end segregation in schools, and paved the way for the Civil Rights movement. This is the story of Ruby Bridges.  It all started with the Brown v. The Board of Education trial. A man named Oliver Brown from Topeka, Kansas, along with twelve other parents sued their local school system for not allowing their children to attend the school, and forcing them to go to schools much farther away. All because the school was for white students only. Thurgood Marshall argued for them that segregated schools would never be equal. All nine Supreme Court Justices decided in favor of Oliver Brown, and in 1954, segregation was officially illegal in both schools, and everywhere else. This life changing event was just the start of what was yet to come in the Civil Rights movement. Especially for schools.  Then, in 1960...
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My Third Blog Post

  The Pros and Cons of Being a Competitive Person Being competitive has many pros and cons. There are pros such as being more focused and studious, and there are cons, such as stress and pressure, that even affects kids who don’t need all of that unnecessary anxiety. Here are the pros and cons of being competitive.  Setting your goals higher than others can help you work harder, and as a result: do better. Even if someone else wins in the end, you won’t feel like a sore loser, because you have done everything to achieve your best. According to author Kelly Benamati, in the article The Pros and Cons of Having a Competitive Personality ,”People who are highly competitive typically preserve until they reach their desired goals, they don’t give up easily and they study the best of the best in any specified area they are striving to be competitive in so they can also be the best of the best.” This proves that when people have the right motivation, and set goals for themselves, it i...
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My Second Blog Post

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Benefits of Dance Dance has many benefits, such as the most known benefits, like better flexibility and strength. But, there are also many benefits that not many people know about, such as how it helps mental health and memory. Dance can have an effect on children as young as two, or even children as old as twelve. Here are some of the benefits, or effects, of dance. The most known effect that dance has, is physical benefits. Dance can help improve conditions of a child’s heart and lungs, and can increase muscular strength and endurance. Dance can give a child better coordination, agility, and of course, better flexibility. Good coordination can help with other vital skills such as riding a bike, and multitasking successfully. Dance can also help maintain a healthy blood pressure. Dance has physical benefits both inside and outside of the human body. It also improves a child’s overall balance and spatial awareness. According to The Benefits of Dance for Young Children,”Through dance, ...
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My Thoughts on the Arts

  Arts Programs getting Cut Many schools are cutting arts programs almost completely out of their curriculum. But why? Why are these schools making budget cuts? Why are other programs supposedly  more important than the arts? Let's find out. The main reason why arts programs are being cut from schools, is because of budget cuts. Schools are making these budget cuts, and giving little funding to the arts programs, so that the funding can be rerouted to more core subjects like math and english. The No Child Left Behind Act puts even more focus on core subjects mentioned.  According to an article from KMPerform School for Arts and Performance, “The Act was put into place after the NCLB Act, with even more emphasis to be put on core subjects and skills that students needed in order to succeed in college . ”   According to the article Funding For Schools’ Arts Programs Ending , “D uring the 1999-2000 school year, 20% of schools offered dance and theatre classes, and ...
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