Should parents send their kids to art class?
1. 现在有不少家长送孩子参加各种艺术班；
2. 对这种做法有人表示支持，也有人并不赞成；
3. 我认为 ---
Recently there has been much discussion as to the desirablity of parents sending their kids to various art classes. Generally, there are two camps of views on this phenomenon.
Some parents believe that childhood is the golden time for developing artistic talents in their children. A friend of mine told me that he wants his son to become a pianist like Langlang. “But if my son does not start from an early age, it’s only an unachievable dream,” he exclaimed. So he sends his five-year-old kid to piano classes every Saturday, rain or shine. Others, however voiced a different opinion. Their main argument is that attending art classes will impair the health of these children, who have toiled for five days at school. To materialize their parents’ dream, many kids have to burn the candle at both ends.
Personally, I am not in favor of sending all kids to art classes. As a proverb goes, “Love is the best teacher.” Parents should first of all find out whether their kids love the art or not. You can lead a horse to a river, but can you make him drink? （liuxuepaper Count:188 words）
作文地带评析：本文与2009年6月的六级作文一样，属于对立观点型文章，这种文章难点在于要求学生具有一定的思辨能力。但是，如果同学们在上海新东方学校国内考试部接受过六级培训的话，应付这种题目应该不在话下，因为老师会给同学们提出一种简单易行的写作套路和地道实用的写作句型。
建议同学们把本文写成三个段落，题目中的第一点宜拓展成引言段，引出本文所讨论的话题。第二点宜拓展成主题段，这部分是文章的重心所在，一定要浓墨重彩，写得丰满翔实。在这一部分，同学们可以紧扣题纲，先写赞成送孩子参加艺术班的观点，然后再写反对者的观点，在分量上两部分要基本保持平衡。
题目的第三点宜写成结尾段，表明自己的观点。持何种观点并不重要，所以同学们可以在这一段里根据自己的知识储备来决定自己赞成主体段中的哪种观点，当然也可以提出一种更加新颖独到的观点，如本文的结尾段指出，家长首先要弄明白自己的孩子是否喜欢某一门艺术，否则，你可以把马牵到河边，但你能强迫它喝水吗？
