Save Creative Writing in TAFE

Dear Gary,
I have read your petition, and am very grateful that you have the passion and time to draft this on behalf of all. I say all, because the quality of writing does not just concern those who enjoy its practice, but those who receive the benefits of its practice.
In an age when academic excellence in fields of technology and science is encouraged and advanced, it is again a shame that arts- related fields are dishonoured.
Recently I went before the confirmation panel for my PhD. My methodology is poetic autoethnography. The convenor of the panel suggested that I put my poetry in the appendix!!! I am a published poet and poetry is my way of being and learning in the world. Apparently it is not his way. This discrepancy will continue while the decision-makers fail to see beyond their own blinkered disciplines.
Thank you again