Freddie Gershon: Music/Theatre,The Arts Meet the Laser, the Computer, the New Digital World
Freddie Gershon: Music/Theatre,The Arts Meet the Laser, the Computer, the New Digital World
By Jason Cocovinis on February 06, 2015
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MTI Chairman and CEO Freddie Gershon penned this special article for The Huffington Post on the power of the arts and the importance of imaginative thinking in our society. Read about how musical theatre changes lives!
"There are no school courses called "Imagination 101!" However, in our contemporary education system, reading, writing and arithmetic, SAT scores, getting into good schools, cramming information into kids and having them regurgitate it back has become the norm. Is it really learning? Is it eye-opening? Does it nurture dreamers and visionaries? Does it enhance America's future? The world's future? What else is needed but absent?"
Read the full article.
"There are no school courses called "Imagination 101!" However, in our contemporary education system, reading, writing and arithmetic, SAT scores, getting into good schools, cramming information into kids and having them regurgitate it back has become the norm. Is it really learning? Is it eye-opening? Does it nurture dreamers and visionaries? Does it enhance America's future? The world's future? What else is needed but absent?"
Read the full article.