Two Takes – Entrepreneurship and Michelle Obama’s Speech

My class brings current blog posts and/or articles to debate, 3 on Tuesday and 3 on Thursday.  In the clips below first Mackenna and I discuss the perception of what an entrepreneur is from an article by David Cutler, author of the soon to be released Savvy Musician.  Then 3 of them on Tuesday brought in an article about Michelle Obama’s speech given in Pittsburgh about the arts.  We kind of disagreed on what the impact will be, or if there will be any at all….

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When the whole is NOT greater than the sum of its (p)Arts

A Secretary of the Arts? I have been reading about this idea and I think we are way ahead of ourselves, crossing the finish line before running the race! Building from the top down doesn’t work. The Arts have plenty of cheerleaders and advocates, we do not need an advocate in chief. That might be a feel good idea, but if the arts are truly to become a part of our nation’s narrative, we have to think much bigger….

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