Summary Of The Death Of Liberal Arts
“The Death of Liberal Arts”, by Nancy Cook, does make a valid point that students should not only know skills that will get them a job, but the skills to analyze and dig deeper into given information. Nancy Cook talks about how Centenary College in Shreveport, La. took out liberal arts classes and added new professional programs that teach about skills that students will need to obtain a job. After understand the article, one can disagree with Centenary College’s decision in cutting the liberal arts classes and how this information relates to Fahrenheit 451. After understanding the article, “The Death of Liberal Arts” one can see that Centenary College’s decision was the wrong choice and how the text relates to Fahrenheit 451. Liberal
arts helps students analyze information given to them which helps them in the world too and cutting the classes decreases their skill of analyzation. “‘I think you need to have both liberal-arts and pre-professional classes at the four-year level," says José Luis Santos, assistant professor in the Higher Education and Organizational Change division at UCLA. "People need to graduate with critical thinking skills because most workplaces retrain individuals for the needs of the industry’” (Cook). Liberal arts help students develop their skills of analyzation and writing which relates to Fahrenheit 451. In Fahrenheit 451, books are being burned and banned which decreases their skills of developing emotions and information about the world around them. The part in the book where Beatty is talking to Montag about how the people are happy without the information in the books which is wrong. People are not truly happy because they are underdeveloped with their emotions since they are always on their technology. To summarize, one can see that “The Death of Liberal Arts” connects with Fahrenheit 451 and shows how the school’s decision was indeed wrong. In conclusion, “The Death of Liberal Arts”, by Nancy Cook, shows that Centenary College’s decision is one where one can disagree on and it relates to Fahrenheit 451. In both texts, information is cut short from the people and it is information that helps the people’s skills develop. If the world lets technology take over and cuts off liberal arts, then it will become like the world in Fahrenheit 451.
arts helps students analyze information given to them which helps them in the world too and cutting the classes decreases their skill of analyzation. “‘I think you need to have both liberal-arts and pre-professional classes at the four-year level," says José Luis Santos, assistant professor in the Higher Education and Organizational Change division at UCLA. "People need to graduate with critical thinking skills because most workplaces retrain individuals for the needs of the industry’” (Cook). Liberal arts help students develop their skills of analyzation and writing which relates to Fahrenheit 451. In Fahrenheit 451, books are being burned and banned which decreases their skills of developing emotions and information about the world around them. The part in the book where Beatty is talking to Montag about how the people are happy without the information in the books which is wrong. People are not truly happy because they are underdeveloped with their emotions since they are always on their technology. To summarize, one can see that “The Death of Liberal Arts” connects with Fahrenheit 451 and shows how the school’s decision was indeed wrong. In conclusion, “The Death of Liberal Arts”, by Nancy Cook, shows that Centenary College’s decision is one where one can disagree on and it relates to Fahrenheit 451. In both texts, information is cut short from the people and it is information that helps the people’s skills develop. If the world lets technology take over and cuts off liberal arts, then it will become like the world in Fahrenheit 451.