As a student athlete at a NCAA Division II university in 2017, I have personally experienced the recruiting process and can honestly state that I would not willingly do it again. The sales pitches, tours of different facilities, paperwork, FAFSA’s, and compliance forms just to name a few definitely gave me my fill of the college admittance experience for a lifetime and then some. In Mark Edmundson’s piece, “Why Teach,” the aspects of what a true education is supposed to be is defended. Edmundson explains the change that colleges underwent in throughout the 1990’s. He explains how schools went from an intellectual and spiritual standpoint to a more commercialized style of facility, like a business. The reasoning as to why the change occurred
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The constant commercials and advertisements stimulated the minds of anybody who was viewing whatever TV station was currently playing. Along with the commercials, Edmundson recognizes the impact of the internet as well. The internet basically created a monster to the public. The ease at which people can buy and sell online is a blessing and also a burden. This started a trend of everything coming almost too easy. Edmundson then gives some advice to students. He suggests how to earn a good education in college. He makes it apparent that it is not necessarily in the student’s favor to successfully get through college, but Edmundson’s goal is to drive students to seek out the opportunities in front of them, and to ultimately make the most out of their college experience. Edmundson then changes coarse from the students and moves on to educators. In Edmundson’s final chapter of “Why Teach,” he finally answers that specific question. He points out that teachers in today’s world teach students just to slip into the ruts of the outside world, to fill the needs of big companies and industries. He suggests that we are educated only for what needs done rather than what we, as students, want to …show more content…
As a freshman football player at Missouri Southern State University, I am fresh off the recruiting process. The recruiting process is an exact example of what Edmundson was speaking of when it comes to the business aspect of universities. From looking at other colleges and going on visits to different schools, I got a high dose of what it feels like to be a customer rather than a student. It felt like no matter where I went, the first thing I saw was the nicest facilities the school had to offer. Indoor practice facilities, locker rooms, recreational centers, dining halls, on campus housing and dorms, and even sites and hot spots around the town I could hang out at and meet people. The focus was never really on the schooling or school itself, rather the incentives I would have going to that school. Every meeting I sat through I kept thinking I was in a sales pitch, and the speakers were waiting for me to agree to their
The constant commercials and advertisements stimulated the minds of anybody who was viewing whatever TV station was currently playing. Along with the commercials, Edmundson recognizes the impact of the internet as well. The internet basically created a monster to the public. The ease at which people can buy and sell online is a blessing and also a burden. This started a trend of everything coming almost too easy. Edmundson then gives some advice to students. He suggests how to earn a good education in college. He makes it apparent that it is not necessarily in the student’s favor to successfully get through college, but Edmundson’s goal is to drive students to seek out the opportunities in front of them, and to ultimately make the most out of their college experience. Edmundson then changes coarse from the students and moves on to educators. In Edmundson’s final chapter of “Why Teach,” he finally answers that specific question. He points out that teachers in today’s world teach students just to slip into the ruts of the outside world, to fill the needs of big companies and industries. He suggests that we are educated only for what needs done rather than what we, as students, want to …show more content…
As a freshman football player at Missouri Southern State University, I am fresh off the recruiting process. The recruiting process is an exact example of what Edmundson was speaking of when it comes to the business aspect of universities. From looking at other colleges and going on visits to different schools, I got a high dose of what it feels like to be a customer rather than a student. It felt like no matter where I went, the first thing I saw was the nicest facilities the school had to offer. Indoor practice facilities, locker rooms, recreational centers, dining halls, on campus housing and dorms, and even sites and hot spots around the town I could hang out at and meet people. The focus was never really on the schooling or school itself, rather the incentives I would have going to that school. Every meeting I sat through I kept thinking I was in a sales pitch, and the speakers were waiting for me to agree to their