Chadwick School is nearly perfect. We have hard-working staff, a beautiful campus, and most importantly, hard-working and dedicated students. I know that all Chadwick students value their education, and it deeply pains me to see when my peers are distracted from their work. I believe that there is one key problem at this school, and it is art. I propose that this distraction is removed and banned from Chadwick School.
Art is a pointless exercise of mass-producing images of items that are far better viewed in person. Perhaps a photo may be of use to one who cannot physically see something in person or who wishes to remember a certain event. Some may argue that photography is an art, but I assure you that the unusual close-ups and blurry images that I have heard called “art†are nothing more than the play of a child who does not know how to properly use a camera. The same goes for the many “abstract†drawings or sculptures that I have seen. If I fell asleep with a pen in my hand and woke to find my mattress covered with random spots, would that be considered “art� This kind of work is nonsensical and should have been early outgrown. Children call it play, us adults call it a mess.
Granted, not all art is of this random abstract nature, some is realistic, such as a bust or painting of a human. The creation of such things is of course a waste of time, as with the use of a camera one can capture an image immediately. Such things as bowls created with clay are inefficient, as machines could be made to do the repetitive work that humans are not meant to. I wish only to keep the students focused on their work, as I know they value their education above all. Instead of performing the repetitive tasks behind art, students should spend their time working math problems.
I have heard such words as “self-expression†and “emotion†when describing art. This makes very little sense, as I cannot see how the random placement of stains on a piece of paper can possibly express emotion. If one would like to express an emotion, I welcome the writing of a formal essay or letter to one who can help to eliminate this, as all emotions are simply distractions that must be overcome to maintain an efficient work schedule. A peer once said to me that the use of art for “expression†can help some students to stay healthy and deal with their emotions. What a misunderstanding! Said person must have obviously wasted far too much of their time on art and not had a chance to learn of the true order of things. It simply makes no sense that spending time dirtying perfectly good paper will help a person to deal with emotions. Obviously if a person is too distracted by their emotions they are not fit to attend our prestigious school. I recommend the complete extermination of such emotions. We all know that to ignore is to destroy, which is why the communication of such things is only contributing to the problem and is also the reason why we should never ignore our studies. If such “expressiveness†is discouraged early in a child’s education, it can be eliminated and no longer pose a threat to the studies of our bright students.
There is of course the theatre, which is another of these arts. Students spend time memorizing lines and movements to perform them all in order flawlessly in front of spectators. This is inefficient, as with the use of a video camera, the set, words and actions could be shot one by one, with segments containing errors simply re-done or edited with the use of a computer. By this method the students would only need to perform their parts once and not necessarily in the correct order, and the film could be assembled and watched an infinite number of times thereafter.
Most of all, I cannot express enough my fear for the safety of the students around art. If it is indeed true that these students are being expressive and emotional and even communicating new ideas to people with art, the civil order of our school could be at risk. Expression of new ideas yields opinions, which create disagreements and divisions. Divisions create disputes which can erupt into attacks to power, resulting in the upheaval of order. The students will begin to question the authority, and attempt to change their position or the truths enforced by their superiors. It is for this reason that our one true system must be understood by all students.
If all students can understand this system, we can work constantly on math problems. The need for motion would disintegrate as we developed machines to feed us. Language would become obsolete, as all people would communicate with math via computers. Eventually our programs would become so sophisticated that we wouldn’t even need to think and we ourselves would become obsolete, creating a golden age of computerized rule and ultimate efficiency. I see no place for art on the path to this golden age.
