did you have art and music in school?

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29. No music but I was an art major in high school

I went to Catholic schools from kindergarten through college and while there was no music in grade school or high school we did have art in high school and I was able to graduate with a Regents diploma in art. The lack of music was mostly a financial issue as the schools were not well-funded but the nun and the lay teacher who taught art in my high school were really committed to it, the nun especially pushing us to be as free in our expression as possible. We also had a drama class in high school and that was some of the most fun I recall from those days. We would have various acting exercises, one of which required playing two separate characters in dialogue, so I chose Dracula and Jonathan Harker and received a standing ovation after ending it by biting myself in the neck. The closest we came to music was the attempt to create a school band after some consultants convinced us to buy instruments but later disappeared. I still don't know the details of what happened but I suspect it was some Music-Man type scam.