As the fall semester comes to an end and there is 11 days to Christmas, the students at the Detroit School of Arts (DSA) will be going on Christmas break. When they return a new year will be ahead of them. Before going onto to break we wanted to speak with a current student about the state of DSA and see how things have been going since the start of the school year.
Class of 2014 senior and dance major, Ashlei Jordan, shared her thoughts about the progression or lack there of on how the semester is going. When asked the question, has things progressed. Ashlei response was “things have not progressed, for me in the classroom”.
She continues to say that the “fine arts are more important to the staff and the academics are not what they should be, it’s not a balance at all. They focus more on the arts than the academics and it shouldn’t be that way.” She expresses that for her to be a senior …they are not preparing her for college.
She also shares that though she wants to pursue a career as a pediatric surgeon, she does however wants to continue to dance as. When asked would she ever come back to be apart of the DSA community. She expresses that she would like to come back to DSA one day and help out with the dance department.
We will continue to follow up with Ashlei as she continues to go through her senior year.
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