I'm sorry, that was mean. But you can't say that because in your experience the majority of people doing a job are awful, the training is awful. It's possible that it's just a really hard job, or a job that requires a particular kind of intelligence. I could go to the best art school in the world, and I'd never be very good. I'd definitely improve, and I'd learn good technique and theory, and my brain would probably absorb the lessons pretty well, but I would never be a professional-level artist.
Everything the fine arts teach (outside of the actual theory behind acting, drawing, dancing, and music) could easily be explored in our other classes, while teaching skills that are applicable to basically everyone. So what if when our students express themselves through the medium of drawing, it doesn't look very similar to the real-live model of what they drew? They will have learned to express in a different, more applicable manner.
Also we're kind of in an economic crisis right now and we need to take any opportunities we can to reduce the cost of education and increase the tangible monetary reward of education.
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senorhousemouse