You hear in commercials and in the news that our schools are not graduating enough students in math and science.  I disagree.  I think the problem is too much concentration on math and science in high school and college and not enough on the arts.  
    The great ancient civilizations understood this and students were all expected to get a well rounded education, not one that was almost all science or one that was almost all arts.  The great men of the Renaissance were not just scientists, they were great artists and scientists.  They were painters, sculptors, architects, musicians, inventors,philosophers, statesmen etc.  It's true that today's world is a lot more complicated and students need to concentrate on specialized fields to get good at them, but students in technical fields will benefit greatly from squeezing a few courses in music, painting, or philosophy into their schedule.
    An interesting fact that few are aware of.  In the early years of computers, when nobody had a specialized degree in computer science, the people hired to work on the computers usually had degrees in math and engineering, but also music.  Researchers found that students with degrees in music seemed to quickly understand the disciplined thinking needed to work with computers.