Life after High School In recent discussions of "are too many people going to college" A controversial issue has been whether or not students decide to go to college on their own or are they programmed to do so. "More people should be going to college‚ not fewer"(and I agree).“Universities are not intended to teach the knowledge require to fit man for some special mode of gaining their livelihood‚”. According to John Stuart Mill universities do not teach children to make money‚ instead they are
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wrong. The truth is opposite. According to the article “Liberal Arts and the Advantages of Being Useless”‚ the author explains that even people with Liberal Arts degree have pretty much the same chance as other majors to end up making good money. Although humanities are useless for maximal one’s salary immediately after graduation‚ and bring a slightly greater risk of unemployment immediately after graduation‚ there is good evidence that Liberal Arts majors tend to earn higher salaries by midcareer. Besides
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to receive my Associates Degree in Business Administration. Although I started off taking business courses I ended up switching my major to receive my Associates Degree in Liberal Arts‚ because it would have taken 3 years to receive my degree in business admin. Once I graduated in 2006 with my Liberal Arts degree I decided not to go back to school after that although I wanted to. I decided to put all of my effort into my 3 job‚ until 7 years down the line one of
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criticisms can be made of liberal democracy?” Class: F4 Student: Tzu-Han Lin What valid criticisms can be made of liberal democracy? Liberal democracy is seen as the most common political form of government which has been implemented in the contemporary world. According to the finding of Freedom in the World 2011 Survey released by the US-based Freedom House (http://www.freedomhouse.org/)‚ there are 76 percentages of total countries in the world which is liberal or partly liberal democracy. Moreover
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School (including preferred admission and dual degree programs) to which you are applying at the University of Michigan. How would that curriculum support your interests? I want to join the College of Literature‚ Arts and Sciences‚ which will give me a comprehensive liberal arts education in the heart of a major research university. I plan to major in Sociology with a concentration in Economy‚ Business and Society. Sociology will allow me to develop analytical skills and become a critical
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Attitude by Margaret Atwood Byliner Jun 1983 9 mins. A 1983 commencement address given at the University of Toronto. I am of course overjoyed to be here today in the role of ceremonial object. There is more than the usual amount of satisfaction in receiving an honorary degree from the university that helped to form one’s erstwhile callow and ignorant mind into the thing of dubious splendor that it is today; whose professors put up with so many overdue term papers‚ and struggled to read
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story in which are intertwined many characters. But I selected these three like a most interesting for me: Nickolas‚ Alisoun and Absolon. Clerk gentle Nicholas is the poor young scholar who rents a room in John’s house. He had studied the liberal arts. But his wish was learning astrology. About his character we must recognize that he is very secretive‚ sly‚ confident‚ and there is his ability for consolation. He is a person without company‚ but he is womanizer. We conclude this fact because
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ScoTMA #1 How effective were liberal social reforms of the period 1906-1914? Liberal social reforms of the period 1906 -1914 were mostly ineffective in their aim to improve the lives of the poor at that time. They were not far reaching enough and not properly implemented by the government. However it could be said that for the first time there was a proper acknowledgement of the plight of the poor working class. In order to assess the effectiveness of the reforms‚ it is necessary to consider
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"I think a lot of graffiti is art but not all of it. Not every piece of canvas with paint on it is art either." (Student response to a query about street art) When discussing art in popular culture there are very few boundaries to adhere to. Almost any form of media can be considered as art. But not all works are good examples of art and there are several determining factors that help to decide on the artistic quality of a piece. This essay will discuss in response to the above quote the identifiable
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Why a Great Books Education is Not So Practical! In today’s society a specific education is required for the majority of careers. Medical doctors must complete years of school not only dealing with general medicine but also handing specific parts of the body‚ situations and even age groups. Most high risk and high paying jobs require years of job specific training to further in the field and it’s for a good reason. In Crabtree’s “Why a Great Books Education is Most Practical!” he argues that
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