The importance of art response

I do not agree with the statement, i believe art programs, music and theater class are important classes for students to be able to take. To me high school should be a time and process where the students figure out what their passion is and what they want to make of themselves and do i their life. I believe the school systems of todays time are not sufficient in teaching vital criteria.  We as students go to school 5 days out of the week to classes that teach us things that we will likely never need to know in life when they could be teaching us valuable life lessons and important things such as taxes or other financial investments to look into. To me programs such as art, music, and theater are possibly more important to fund then core classes simply because they allow students to explore their creativity and experiment in their passion.