Mark Edmundson Liberal Education

Mark Edmundson On the Uses of a Liberal Education

Content Edmundson starts his essay by giving the reader information on his teaching methods and problems he sees in his own classroom. He admits that at times he teaches for a good review from his students, but tells us he does not want the title as a fun enjoyable teacher. Edmundson would rather his students leave his class being changed and have learned something from him instead of being liked. He then begins to talk about the facts of liberal arts becoming a dying program in universities. The reasoning for this is not because a lack of need for the majors, but the lack of culture at modern universities. He begins to tell us about a student he called Joon Lee, he compared students