The education that students in special art and music classes get is often strict drilling of theory and skills in the aim of producing professional artists. Education in the arts is either all or nothing for most students.
相對地，部分音樂班、美術班的學生，則從小接受嚴格的理論和技巧訓練，朝著專業藝術家前進，藝術教育極端地在「零」和「全部」間兩頭擺盪。