When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their to say, but not impirtant Too often it is viewed as entertainment, but certainly not an education priority(优先), This view is shortsighted,In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students

　　Music tells us who we are because music is an expression of the beings who from,Rock music represents a lifestyle just as surely as does a schubert song, The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions music expresses our character and values It came from American musical traditions Music expresses our character and values, Lt give us identity．

　　Music provdes a kind of percepton(感知)that cannot be acquied any other way Science can explain how the sun rises and sets．The arts explore the emotive(情感的)meaning of the same phenomenon．We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason：way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason：No one way can get it all

　　The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols They are ways we human beings“talk”to each other．They are the language of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosities our hungers our discoveries．our hopes．The arts ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others When we do mot give away from them the meanings that music expresses

　　So music eeducation is far more necessary than people seem to realize．

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　　The word health can be used in a number of ways．In the past, health was only the absence of disease or illness．Today, though, health has a broader meaning．Health is the state of your well-being that includes how you feel physically, mentally, and socially．Wellness is another term that describes this broader view of health．You can understand the need for a broader definition(定义)if you think about how health in your life is different from health in your grandparents’ lives．

　　In 1900, the main causes of death were diseases that were spread by bacteria(细菌)and viruses(病毒)．If you had lived then, the danger of your dying from pneumonia(肺炎)would have been three times greater than the danger of your dying from cancer．

　　The diseases that were most common in 1900 affected people of all ages．It is not surprising, then that around 1900, the emphasis(重点)of health was on freedom from illness．Today many of the diseases that were common in 1900 can be prevented or cured by improved medicines and methods of sanitation(卫生)．Most diseases now are likely to occur late in life．You, as a teenager, will probably mot have to think about the same threats to your health as our grandparents did．

　　These improvements in health conditions mean that not only can you now enjoy a better life, but you also have a greater chance of having a longer life．Controlling diseases has increased the life expectancy in the Unites States．Generally, people born more recently have higher life expectancies．Since 1900, the life expectancy in the United States has increased by more than 27 years．It has increased from 47 years for those born in 1900 to 74 years in 1981．

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　　In a recently published book, I came across some exercises with interesting names such as fishbone diagrams, lotus flowers and clustering．As I used these exercises in my classes, I noticed that students were interested．They said more and wrote more．They enjoyed expressing their ideas and sharing them in groups．They were no longer passively waiting for the bell, but actively taking part in the lesson．I find that creativity can act as a way to increase participation and improve fluency．

　　Creativity has become a popular word in recent years．Scholars in arts, psychology, business, education and science are all working to get a deeper understanding of it．Robert J．Stemberg is a creativity specialist and Yale professor of psychology．He defines creativity as “the ability to produce work that is both new(original)and appropriate(applicable to the situation)” ．This definition is useful, as we want our students to use language in a new way and to use it correctly and properly．Mot scholars say there are two types of creativity： big “C” creativity and small “c” creativity．Big “C” creativity refers to genius level thinking that results in artistic masterpieces and scientific breakthroughs．Small “c” creativity refers to everyday level thinking that can be used in any situation．Our emphasis is on the latter．While it goes without saying that any of our students could go on to be the next Picasso or Edison, our aim is to help students produce more ideas and use language in a new way．

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　　When I was seven my father gave me a Timex, my first watch．I loved it, wore it for years, and haven’t had amother one since it stopped ticking a decade ago．Why?Because I don’t need one．Ihave a mobile phone and I’m always near someone with an iPod or sonething like that．All these devices(装置)tell the time-which is why, if you look around, you’ll see lots of empty wrists; sales of watches to young adults have been going down since 2007．

　　This is ridiculous．Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars．Expensive clothes hang better than cheap clthes．But these days all watches tell the time as well as all lther watches．Expensive watches come with extra functions-but who needs them?How often do you dive to 300 metres into the sea or need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole?So why pay that much of five years’ school fees for watches that allow you to do these things?

　　If justice were done, the Swiss watch industry should have colsed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five-pound note．Instead the Swiss reinvented the watch, with the aid of millions of piunds’ worth of advertising, as a message about the man wearing it．Rolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains; a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble famoly; a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes across the world．

　　Watches are now classified as“investments”(投资)．A 1994 Philippe recently sold for nearly?350,000, while 1960s Rolexes have gone from?15,000 to?30,000 plus in a year．But a watch is not an investment．It’s a toy for self-satisfaction, a matter of fashion．Prices may keep going up-they’ve been rising for 15 years．But when of fashion．Prices may keep going rp-they’ve been rising for 15 years．But when fashion moves on, the owner of that?350,000 beauty will suddenly find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Times．

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　　In a recently published book, I came across some exercises with interesting names such as fishbone diagrams, lotus flowers and clustering. As I used these exercises in my classes, I noticed that students were interested. They said more and wrote more. They enjoyed expressing their ideas and sharing them in groups. They were no longer passively waiting for the bell , but actively taking part in the lesson. I find that creativity can act as a way to increase participation and improve fluency.

　　Creativity has become a popular word in recent years. Scholars in arts, psychology, business, education and science are all working to get a deeper understanding of it. Robert J. Stemberg is a creativity specialist and Yale professor of psychology. He defines creativity as “the ability to produce work that is both new (original) and appropriate(applicable to the situation ) ”. this definition is useful, as we want our students to use language in a new way and to use it correctly and properly. Mot scholars say there are two types of creativity： big “C” creativity and small “c” creativity. Big “C” creativity refers to genius level thinking that results in artistic masterpieces and scientific breakthroughs. Small “c” creativity refers to everyday level thinking that can be used in any situation our emphasis is on the latter. While it goes without saying that any of our students could go on to be the next Picasso or Edison, our aim is to help students produce more ideas and use language in a new way.

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