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    Chastity Education vs. Sex Education     Just a few years ago‚ sex education is the most debated issue in the country.  It was argued that it would be taught in all schools and universities for it was believed to be a useful tool in alleviating teenage pregnancy and abortion. The students as well as the members of the academe debated that sex education be infused in the curiculum.  It is due to the increasing number of cases involving teenage pregnancies over the years .  By just looking at

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    Distance Education vs. Traditional Education Now days‚ with technology generously available‚ schools are opting to implement online classes into their traditional teaching curriculum. As a result of this our society is divided in two different ways of thinking on the education. Some believe the modern method is better than the traditional method of teaching but yet these two methods are both successful. Personally‚ I believe both methods should balance one another instead of attempting to

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    with a company or firm. For example‚ take a nursing major obtaining a liberal education at a four-year college/university and a nursing major earning a two-year degree at a technical school. They teach the same skills needed to graduate with a nursing degree‚ but the main difference is the presence of a liberal education in the four-year degree‚ which is useful when one cannot find a job straight out of college. A liberal education requires the student to pay a lot more money than a technical student

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    Liberal Education’s main purpose in not only to train someone for a specific position‚ but  also to create or develop skills that can be utilized in any profession. However‚ I believe that the liberal arts are under pressure and in danger in today’s society. The threat that is overwhelming Liberal Education is cuts in programs and funding in private and public schools.     Liberal‚ as defined in Fareed Zakaria’s In Defense of Liberal Education‚ is a Latin word which means “of or pertaining to a

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    A liberal arts education can be defined as the study of academic subjects in the following categories; literature‚ philosophy‚ mathematics‚ and social and physical sciences. However‚ the advantage of a liberal arts education should be left to the individual to decide. According to the official website for Wheaton College‚ a liberal arts education has six main advantages. First and most important to me‚ a liberal arts education teaches us how to think. Throughout your lifetime you will be asked to

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    Role of Liberal Arts in a College Education Henry Rosovsky’s article entitled The Purposes of Liberal Education is a brief‚ but extremely accurate and clearly-written explanation of what he feels a liberal arts education entails. The author has had extensive experience in the field of education and has been able to shape and impact many students while being the Dean at Harvard College. For this reason‚ consideration of his ideas on the liberal arts is merited. His standard of liberal education and view

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    Online education vs. traditional education a compare and contrast Traditional education used to be the primary means of furthering ones education. However‚ in recent years online education has become more popular and is currently the preferred means of education. When concerning the convenience of the education‚ and resources online education has surpassed its opponent. Did you know that According to the U.S. Department of Education‚ National Center for Education Statistics Enrollment in degree-granting

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    have the question‚ “what are these for?” So as a consequence‚ those who do not know the true significance and value of what they had memorized‚ tend to dispose of them. This already shows a weakness of liberal education. According to Simpson‚ any education that matters is liberal. But still‚ liberal education’s effectiveness depends on what the student does with it or the way it is treated. A student is short-cutting himself by short-cutting humanities‚ as stated by Cousins. To avoid this‚ students

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    Haile Dr. Jeffrey C. Kessler English 161 02/01/2018 Zakaria‚ Fared. “A Brief History of Liberal Education‚” In Defense of a Liberal Education‚” W. W. Norton‚ 2015‚ Pp 40-71. In this article‚ “A Brief History of Liberal Education‚” In Defense of a Liberal Education‚” Fared Zakaria discusses the foundation of liberal education and how it has changed over the centuries. He also talks about the early method of education and included mostly hunting and like farming classes while the ruling class was learning

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    Views on liberal education are viewed in a wide range of ideas. William Cronon’s version describes liberal education in ten qualities found in human beings with the largest being love and connecting with the community around the person. Also‚ Cronon speaks of how can a person be free in their education when the requirements set up restricts them of what classes they might want to take; however‚ educated society must serve the common folks of their community. People not only care about themselves

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