Not everything needs an objective quantifiable measure of academic performance to make it a good thing people should know.
Even if Music may not have an affect on academic performance or cognitive skills, it's still a fun skill. Most primary school programs introduce kids to basic music reading, singing, and simple instruments. Some kids like it and enroll in more music programs. Some kids say it's not for them and do other things. But it's nice to give kids that introduction and those options.
If you like music, it can provides decades of enjoyment to learn how to play. It doesn't make you better than people who just listen to and appreciate music, but it can enhance your happiness to be able to pick and and fiddle around with your fiddle or harmonic or guitar every once in a while.
What happened to learning just for the sake of learning and enjoyment?
Even if Music may not have an affect on academic performance or cognitive skills, it's still a fun skill. Most primary school programs introduce kids to basic music reading, singing, and simple instruments. Some kids like it and enroll in more music programs. Some kids say it's not for them and do other things. But it's nice to give kids that introduction and those options.
If you like music, it can provides decades of enjoyment to learn how to play. It doesn't make you better than people who just listen to and appreciate music, but it can enhance your happiness to be able to pick and and fiddle around with your fiddle or harmonic or guitar every once in a while.
What happened to learning just for the sake of learning and enjoyment?