Saxophones and stories at school Nowadays, education is a vital issue to discuss about. It has been debated whether young people should keep receiving history and music classes at secondary schools. The aim of this essay is to analyse why both subjects should continue to be taught. On the one hand, history has always been a vital part of every curriculum. It is essential that young people know the history of their country, in order to help them become responsible citizens. It is clear that every country must remember its origins, so its inhabitants can avoid making the same mistakes that brought pain and suffer in the past. On the other hand, music is considered an useless subject, since our society tends to focus on more productive fields such as technology and economy. However, music allows kids and teenagers to develop their creativity and strengthen their selfesteem. This is why I strongly believe that this subject is crucial to the development of young people. For these reasons, I consider these two subjects deserve to be taken into consideration before modifying the current education plans at our secondary schools. If we only focus on subjects which we consider useful to our economy, we will be putting into risk the future of our students. This is what we need to keep in mind when talking about how our schools can help us design a better future.