Mark Edmundson On The Uses Of Liberal Education

For our formal writing project, we not only need to analyze one of the articles that we choose from, but must also consider a specific focus that can help bring our writing project to a more academic style of writing. So what sort of focus should we use when writing our project? Well first and most importantly we need to ask ourselves this: is the focus we are going to be discussing of any importance, and can you back it up with relevant evidence? In my opinion, if one is to make a point that relates to or is directly related to the topic of the essay the student chooses, then that focus should be valid throughout the writing and is able to make good points that contributes to the main focus. For example, if I were to choose and essay that talks about math being too hard for students, then I would make the main focus either why the math is too hard, or supporting the side that believes math is too hard. So where am I getting at with this?
To start it off, the article that I will be choosing and writing about for my formal writing project is "On the uses of Liberal Education" by Mark Edmundson, because not only does he have first hand experience about what he is talking about, but also provides facts from previous years with statistical means.
Since i am choosing an article written by someone with years of experience as professor in one of the most noticeable universities in the United States, my specific focus will not only be supporting Edmundson, but also coming up with my own thoughts that are supported by the author. To sum it up, my focus will be college students and why I believe that they are the problem with our current
education. The reason why I will be taking this position in my writing, is due to the fact that the author of "On the uses of Liberal Education" gives a straight forward answer as to how and why education has become the way it is, but also provides the necessities needed to persuade a reader in his reasoning. However, this is just what I believe that I want to do, if it does not work out or does not lead me to find more relevant evidence about my main topic, perhaps I might go against the author in some way, or take my ideas into a different route.