Liberal education

1. What can liberal arts education do to me? Through the beginnings of this course I have discovered that there is a lot more to the liberal arts than I thought before having a small understanding of them. The question itself is a prime example. Rather than asking what liberal arts education can do for me it asks what it can do to me. I had never thought of an education in this sense. Liberal arts education can change my way of thinking. It is more than just learning a subject to pass a course…

own experiences in the classroom as a third party opinion. First off there are two questions regarding Paulo Freire’s essay, The Banking Concept of Education. They are as follows: what exactly is this concept and how does it correlate to me with how I have been taught? Secondly, I will discuss Mark Edmundson’s essay, On the Uses of a Liberal Education:…

The article “On the Uses of Liberal Education” was written by a professor of a university named Mark Edmundson. He wrote it based on his own experience and what he noticed in the university where he teaches. The purpose of the article is to discuss how universities have changed overtime and the tendency of university to conform based on what would be appealing to consumers (students). He uses a critical tone throughout the article and also blame the attitudes of the students that seems to be…

In Defense of a Liberal Education Lecture: Extra Credit This lecture was based upon the importance of a college liberal education. The speaker of this speech was Fareed Zakaria, CNN television host of Fareed Zakaria Gps. Zakaria began his speech with an introduction about himself and his view on the “American Dream”. He states that “America seemed like this city on the hills, its where the future was being invented, particularly California.” Zakaria then begins to proceed inform the audience…

A liberal arts education is a form of education that makes a student have more familiarity with issues other than their major. This makes a student have an impeccable performance in the marketplace that most do not have. It helps assist students to have expertise on topics that range countless subjects. The education that student’s comprehend in four years is extraordinary, they go into society having a little more knowledge than the mediocre college graduate. Liberal art universities put…

Liberal education is a type of culture that many people want to achieve. People are continuously striving for an all-around knowledge. We want the freedom to grow as individuals and as a community, not only physically but mentally as well. In the article Only Connect…The Goals of a Liberal Education William Cronon argues “Liberal education is built on these values: it aspires to nurture the growth of human talent in the service of human freedom.” I believe William is trying to say that…

underrepresented styles of education into the limelight, making our society aware of educational topics they might have been blind to otherwise. Whether or not these reforms made it the conventional way to the congressional level, where law can mandate educational reform, many of them have still had a serious effect on the way students are being taught today. Black studies has seen a course of heavy reform and triumph. Johnnetta B. Cole explains in her piece, Black Studies in Liberal Arts…

In “On the Uses of a Liberal Education” Mark Edmundson, cleverly defines his opinion of college education in today’s world. Most notably how education has changed from subjects, which were, previously viewed as essential; have faded away as colleges and universities turn into business selling a product: “Before they (the students) arrive, we ply the students with luscious ads guaranteeing a cross between summer camp and lotus land” (331). Edmundson speaks not only of colleges turning into a…

Today many students are scared to go “outside of the box” because they are worried about “fitting in.” In the excerpt “On the Uses of a Liberal Education,” written by Mark Edmundson, an English teacher who teaches at the University of Virginia, Edmundson states that both teachers and students at colleges do not value the opportunity of education rather a “customer culture.” First, Edmundon begins with a day that he does not like evaluation day. Edmundson typically receives good reviews;…

Alan Brown Dr. Rasnic English 1301 November 8, 2016 In Earl Shorris’ essay, On the Uses of Liberal Education, Shorris asks the question of what makes a person poor or not and what actions can be taken to reverse this. At first glance, we see that Shorris discusses the lack of education in poor areas. He originally began writing a book about the poverty in the U.S but after his experience behind the walls of a disciplinary institution, his view on poverty expanded. During his experience, he met…