Mark Edmundson Why Teach Analysis

In Mark Edmundson’s “Why Teach” introduction he discusses how colleges have lost the value of education. The title explains how teacher as well as universities have forgotten why the teach and what the meaning of teaching is. Instead universities focus on how to make their will gain at an expensive instead of focusing on their education. Students play the role of consumers and colleges the role of businesses. A college can’t function without have consumers to support them. Are you a consumer at your college?
Edmundson’s mentions that back in the days “The professors ran the show: what was important to them was what mattered (viii). But things started to change since colleges started realizing that they needed to make their schools more like …show more content…
I think in the era that I live in some people have forgotten what college is all about. It’s about learning and finding that path that will lead us to greatness. I have a great advisor that have helped me so much and I don’t think he even knows it. He worries about his students and pushes us to become better. I have been in college for two years and I have learned so much in such a short time. I have learned that some people are just in college to play sports and the biggest parties. They find joy in doing ridiculous things and not be able to worry about school. I have watched people drop out because all they did was go to parties and play at the student center and never turn in their homework. College is not easy but who said it would? College is about striving to become a better person and learning new things. Yes, high school is easy and some students get shocked when they don’t study on a test and think they will just “wing it” like in high school and end up getting a D. High School is nothing like college if anything college is what teaches you the lessons that you will need to know in life. Last year I decided to take my first English class and I was shocked to realize that I wasn’t that good of a writer like I thought. I was not able to make time to write essay and make an A in the paper. My teacher worked with me and if I needed some direction in writing my paper. He would help me and he gave me a book to read so I could better myself as a writer. He didn’t want to do it all for me, he wanted me to understand how to grasp the concept of being able to learn by myself. At the time I was a little stressed that he would just guide me to read a book if I needed help writing an essay. I thought that college would be easy and I would be able to get as much help as I did when I was in High School. But I learnt that if I set my mind to doing something I can achieve. I can’t thank my professor