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
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“On the Uses of a Liberal Education‚” was published in 1997 by Mark Edmundson. This author has published many scholarly articles on literacy and cultural criticism. He teaches English at the University of Virginia. This article explains how Universities and those who attend universities including the teachers have focus less on the education portion and focus more on a consumerist society. He explains that the students have become like customers and the teachers are willing to do anything that meets
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Mark Edmundson’s essay‚ “On the Uses of a Liberal Education‚” was published in Harper’s magazine in the fall of 1997. Edmundson begins the article by giving us a glimpse into his own experiences teaching. He speaks on how‚ he dreads evaluation day at the end of each term‚ he feels he is being reviewed more on his entertaining ability and less on if the student felt changed by his course. Near the end of the article‚ Edmundson states‚ “My overall point is this: It’s not that a left-wing professional
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“On the Uses of a Liberal Education‚” by literature scholar and professor Mark Edmundson claims that students have lost their passion for education and learning because of consumerism. Edmundson begins his article by giving his thoughts on teacher evaluations. He then describes the lack of passion in students as well as the change in the liberal education program. Edmundson gives his opinion on student-teacher interactions‚ analyzes previous ideas on how to teach towards consumers‚ and finally writes
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Mark Edmundson is a professor of English at the University of Virginia additionally‚ he is the author of the article “On the Uses of the Liberal Education: As Lite Entertainment for Bored College Students.” In the article‚ he describes how the students perk up during the evaluation of him as a teacher. The student evaluations commend him as being interesting and humerous which leads him into the rant about what he thinks of college students today. The article describes students as having “little
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literature‚ philosophy‚ and history are not as popular as they once were‚ and are in danger of becoming extinct in the academic world. Mark Edmundson’s essay‚ "The Uses of a Liberal Education"‚ provides many interesting and valid points on why the liberal arts field is becoming devalued in the education system. According to Edmundson‚ the origin of devaluation in the liberal art’s program can be traced to consumerism. The idea of consumerism‚ to be put simply‚ is to get more bang for your buck. Colleges
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Mark Edmundson’s interesting essay‚ “On the Uses of a Liberal Education‚” written in 1997‚ explained how university education have changed. Then the focus was to cater to the consumers rather than challenge them similar to how it is today. Professors made their courses more appealing and interesting to gain good evaluations‚ rather than making their courses rigorous to prepare students for the real world. Even though Edmundson described how university education was in 1997‚ there is a similar characteristic
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Both Mark Edmundson (“On the Uses of a Liberal Education”) and Gary Saul Morson (“Empathy with us”) see that college students have become lazy and seems to receive “an education worthy of the name.” Although both authors have some similarities in their ideas‚ they also have their own outlooks on what college students’ attitudes and practices show towards the liberal education. Edmonson’s views on college students is that they are lazy and really only want to take the classes that are easy with
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The education system is not what it should be and often mistakes schooling as getting an education. The education system attempts to make students learn through drilling and training to grasp information. They force students to do repetitive work and memorize information. What the system should be doing is allowing students to question ideologies and make discoveries. “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here? A Word to the Incoming Class‚” an essay by Mark Edmundson‚ addresses how hard it is to get
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Project 3 Summary/Strong Response Due March‚ 08‚ 2012 In Mark Edmundsons article “do sports build character or damage it?” Edmundson makes a very good case that supports his idea that sports can build character. He also gives good reasons as to why some people think that sports just breed brutality‚ and are a diversion from the business of education. Sports are a complex issue‚ and this article proves it is clear that we as a culture are unsure how to think about them. Edmundson goes on to tell about
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