Butler’s speech on liberal arts education and becoming a global citizen opened my mind to all the responsibilities I obtained after choosing to attend Spelman College. I have set a few goals for myself that I intend on completing and improving throughout my four years. These goals consist of time management‚ striving for all A’s‚ staying on top of my assignments and becoming a freethinking women. Throughout New Student Orientation we learned the importance of freethinking and liberal arts education. This
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Francesca Tines Professor Karim English 120 Mark Edmundson “On the uses of a Liberal Education” Mark Edmundson’s “On the uses of a Liberal Education” provides interesting points on why the liberal arts education is becoming part of consumer goods and how education is being advertised. Edmundson states different causes for this effect and comes up with consumer culture in society. He believes that the liberal art education is unsuccessful because Americans are attracted to consumption and entertainment
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“Only Connect…” The Goals of a Liberal Education William Cronon What does it mean to be a liberally educated person? It seems such a simple question‚ especially given the frequency with which colleges and universities genuflect toward this wellworn phrase as the central icon of their institutional missions. Mantra-like‚ the words are endlessly repeated‚ starting in the glossy admissions brochures that high school students receive by the hundreds in their mailboxes and continuing right down to the
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Guided Summary: “Seneca on Liberal and Vocational Studies” In the essay on “Liberal and Vocational Studies‚” Seneca gives us the notion that while getting a liberal arts education will not make you a morally right person‚ it will give you the knowledge that you need to become so in the future. The essay then goes on to explain the difference between Liberal Studies and Vocational Studies. Seneca states that the only liberal study truly worth your time was the pursuit of wisdom‚ the others are just
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beneficial than an education which has study of the liberal arts at it’s core. At the basis of this notion‚ lies the mindset that the lone goal of a college education is to provide one with a means for financial success. This oft-held belief posits that college is just a ticket to the corporate world‚ and a high paying job. If one believes this argument‚ then there is no point in “wasting” ones time and money with courses‚ such as liberal arts courses‚ that do nothing to further the chosen profession
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decided to go back to school Most people go back to school because they need a degree to obtain a higher paying job or for the thrill of lifelong learning. It’s hard to gain proper employment without it these days. Employers prefer someone with a Liberal Arts degree lacking experience over someone with years of experience and no degree. My neices’ struggles and constant encouragement from my supervisor were some factors that lead to my decison to return to school. I realized that continuing an education
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delivered a commencement speech to liberal arts graduates at the Kenyon College in May of 2005. In the speech Wallace implores listeners to hear his words from a non-biased perspective for what they are; his words are not a reprimand to the selfish‚ but an offer to those seeking knowledge to broaden their perspective. Wallace warns against closed mindedness by using examples of his own experiences along with clichés‚ and the repeated idea that “…a liberal arts education is not so much about filling
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at colleges. Some of the key points he talks about in this letter that tell you how to succeed are‚ reading‚ writing‚ thinking‚ listening and “grit”. Patrick Sullivan in detail describes to you that reading is essential to being successful in a liberal arts education. In addition to reading‚ comprehending it is also just as necessary to survive college. If you associate the terms‚ “work” or “discomfort” with reading‚ then you most likely don’t like to read‚ and therefore you will have a tough time
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freshman year at college there are a selection of courses you need to take called general education‚ gen eds for short‚ no matter what major you have decided. By its definition on Merriam-Webster general education is a program of education (as in some liberal-arts colleges and secondary schools) intended to develop students as personalities rather than trained specialists and to transmit a common cultural heritage; however‚ many college students would say that gen eds are a waste of time. College student
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