1) Reflect on the following statement: “Core Subject Area” means reading and English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, foreign language, and fine arts. Think back to your own experience with arts education in high school. Do you feel the arts are adequately represented in schools today? What are your thoughts about arts education and how its presence, or lack of thereof, has affected you positively or negatively throughout your life?  2) A recent IBM poll of 1,500 CEOs identified creativity as the No. 1 ‘leadership competency’ of the future. What impact would this information have on you as an arts manager? How could you apply what you’ve learned in a practical environment? Give three examples.