The report of the “High art, low culture”
    During the class on Monday, I have read most of the articles in “Additional Reading 2”.Among those articles,”High art, low culture” is the most impressive.
    This passage describes the bad living conditions of the 'Culture professionals' in Britain and the cause of it. The writer thinks that it is the government and politicians that result in the current situation of the culture.In Birtain, the politicians are very proud of their country’s culture(especially live performance) and many of them are privately enthusiastic arts-lovers.However, it is so hard to get funding that making a living becomes a big problem in the artists, just because the fact that artists are hungry to work in this field, and need no motivation in the form of job security or a promotional ladder they will automatically climb merely by persevering in the job.So by now, many artists do the job just because they feel they must……
    I am touched by the bad conditions of the artists.They have made great contributions to the country’s culture but received much less than what they deserved. Since the artists have a great effect on the culture and the culture makes countries different, which means that the group of  artists is an indispensable part of the country.  As the passage said :” many artists do the job just because they feel they must”, what if one day that the artists feel they needn’t do it or they can’t affort to keep doing it? If that day came, it would be too late to retrive the lost art.
    But from the politicians’ point of view, it’s also reasonable and we can’t blame them too much.As we people like to consider things in a simple way, so are they. Compared to the scientists and engineers, the politicians may think that artists don’t make a direct contribution to the country, such as building or creating something visible and usable.Also, maybe they want to use to government’ money more effectively, and plus the fact that “They(artists) will automatically climb merely by persevering in the job”, they prefer to use the money in those things that wouldn’t get done without the money. Both of the two reasons lead to the tragedy of the artists.It some kind of likes the students recommended for admission : Even though the students recommended for admission know that studying is good for themselves, they prefer not to study. Because they know that it doesn’t really matter whether they do it, so they chose the more comfortable way.
    So, does that mean that we just do nothing and watch the artists living a horrible life? Of course not. First of all, they can make a living as a performer.Also, in my opinion, we people can set up an institution which can make contribution to the developing of the culture by helping the artists. Through the institution, not only can we persuade the politicians to support and honour the artists, but also we can receive the donation from anyone who want to help them.
    That’s all. Thank you.

                                                              2010/3/12
                                                               Jeogia