They also help them gain a sense of identity and confidence which could help someone do something great in their life, that confidence could very well be the thing that changes their future.Many people they struggle when it comes to perseverance, trying to overcome that tough obstacle that life puts in your way, this is another reason why an arts education is so important. Through artistic practice, students develop the ability to persist in the face of a challenge and transform obstacles into opportunities. A recent longitudinal study (a method in which data is collected for the same subject repeatedly over a period of time) of 25,000 secondary school students found that those with greater involvement in an arts program scored higher on a measure of persistence [American Education