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Avenger Offline
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my plan

i want to make a school of the arts a school where anyone at school ages age can come to learn the arts(music,dance,painting,sculpting,singing,creative writing,interior and exterior designers,etc.)as an alternative to regular school,to where kids can keep there imaginations and use them to get a job rather than being straight a students to get a job.
I also want to start a movement to stop schools from taking away our imaginations,and focus on our talents rather than grades.

Telling people to do something without giving a reason compels them to rebel not to obey-Avenger

We need to learn not to be afraid of making mistakes all the time-Avenger

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06-03-2008 03:10 PM
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I think it's a great idea and I hope it goes well.

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06-03-2008 04:19 PM
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If something like that existed here,then I'd definitely go!
It's an awesome idea
06-04-2008 06:19 AM
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I was gonna do that kind of thing to, but with a little more emphasis on creative writing and music.
06-04-2008 02:38 PM
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Re: my plan

Cool idea. I'm pretty sure schools that focus on things like that already exist, though. But then if you're running the place it'll probably be better. Smile

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I'm pretty sure schools like that do exist, but they usually are only for highschoolers or above, and then the ones I've come across tend to focus upon acting and the peforming arts, so yours would be good! Focusing more upon other arts.

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Second. Make it into a place that we might actually ENJOY going to.

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