Charles Percy Snow, also known as C.P. Snow, was a British scientist and novelist who in 1959 delivered a lecture at Cambridge called “The Two Cultures”. This lecture was later on made available in book form. C.P. Snows main purpose was to explain the divide in western society, as he saw it, into two groups. The first group being the culture of the intellectuals and the other being the culture of science. “The Two Cultures” is about the difference of opinions of people in the humanities and sciences field. While ideally, these two fields are supposed to complement each other, Snow tries to prove how far they have drifted away from each other, to the point that not only do they strongly disagree with each other, but to a point they strongly
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I feel this may be due to the fact some education systems fail to teach the importance that every subject matter is important. Many countries education systems put much emphasis on science and math and tend to put writing on the back burner. I feel if the education system as a whole, in every country, should start by ensuring every student gets a well-rounded, diverse education. Being educated on every subject equally can make students much more ready for real world experiences. As myself and many other college students it is hard to make a final decision on your major but it something that you are in a way pushed to make within your first two years of college. But once you make a choice all of your classes all correspond to that one decision. For example, I decided to be a business major, I have taken every class from accounting to business law but in four years I have only taken one writing class. I feel this is a great example as to why I feel science is still of much more importance than writing. As Snow stated in the text, “cultural divide is not just an English phenomenon: it exists all over the western world. But probably sharpest in England, for two reasons. One is our fanatical belief in education specialization” and “is our tendency to let our social forms crystalize.” Education should not just focus around one’s specialization, but rather it should instead teach things that students can actually benefit from once they are out in the real
I feel this may be due to the fact some education systems fail to teach the importance that every subject matter is important. Many countries education systems put much emphasis on science and math and tend to put writing on the back burner. I feel if the education system as a whole, in every country, should start by ensuring every student gets a well-rounded, diverse education. Being educated on every subject equally can make students much more ready for real world experiences. As myself and many other college students it is hard to make a final decision on your major but it something that you are in a way pushed to make within your first two years of college. But once you make a choice all of your classes all correspond to that one decision. For example, I decided to be a business major, I have taken every class from accounting to business law but in four years I have only taken one writing class. I feel this is a great example as to why I feel science is still of much more importance than writing. As Snow stated in the text, “cultural divide is not just an English phenomenon: it exists all over the western world. But probably sharpest in England, for two reasons. One is our fanatical belief in education specialization” and “is our tendency to let our social forms crystalize.” Education should not just focus around one’s specialization, but rather it should instead teach things that students can actually benefit from once they are out in the real