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A Liberal Education Analysis

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What is education? What does it mean to be an educated individual? People go to a liberal education institution all the time, but what is liberal education? How does a liberal education affect us in the long run? Liberal education is such an important aspect that all people should have.

Sadly, most high schools do not have the option for many academically inclined people to have creative classes. I have fallen victim to this, unfortunately. In my high school years, I took many high-level classes like AP and honors. This took up a lot of my time, but I always found time for my after school theater and volunteer work. But I was also wanting vocational classes and to find something I love. I wanted to take a video/ audio tech class, but it …show more content…

This liberal education gives Finland an advantage in education. Finland also comes up on top in math. There is no dropout rate in Finland. Surprisingly, Finland does not focus on standardized testing. While in America, we do focus on standardized testing that also focuses on certain disciplines. Standardized testing has pros and cons. Pro, standardized testing tells you if you actually understand the material. Even though there are so many other factors that affect whether you actually did retain the information. America also has a dropout rate of 6.5 in 2014. The dropout rate is caused by many things differing from person to person. One theory is that actually that students are just not doing well, so they actually just choose to drop out. Another well-known reason for the higher dropout rate is because of a poor family structure. Could be either a person got pregnant or the family at home just needs more help so rather than the child going to school to get a better job they are sent to work at a young age to help provide for their …show more content…

So, who actually has the upper hand when it comes into being more educated? It is actually dependent on what you are going for, but the United States has a major advantage in the long run. We have many inventors and a well rounded creative population. We have these because of the education system, giving us a liberal education. You are going to need those business skills, social skills, writing skills in the long run, as well as in most professions in which the student acquires through the liberal education given to them.

In conclusion, mastery is the result of flow and affect what we learn and how in depth we learn it. Liberal education is such a very important thing because of the way it teaches us about everything. Being educated is being a well-rounded person. Teaching people seems complicated on the surface, but it actually is not. People are very diverse and that is what makes it harder for teachers. All they need to do is identify that people have many differences in their learning

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In William Cronon’s essay “Only Connect” he poses the question to his audience on trying to deduce the concept of liberal education. Cronon makes it clear within his essay that a liberal education goes beyond earning a degree and fulfilling credit hours; to him there's something more deeper in a liberal education that helps shape an individual’s life. He discusses some historical background information on where liberal education came from by citing how the word “liberal” developed throughout time and he even mentions how the liberal arts curriculum developed. Throughout, the majority of the essay Cronon makes a valid argument on what the purpose of a liberal education does for individuals pursuing college. In his opinion, he believes a liberal

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Summary In chapter three “In the defense of a Liberal Education” author Fareed Zakaria opens up what he believes to be “central virtue of liberal education”(72). He writes that it teaches one how to think critically and clearly. He explains that thinking is the stronger advantage one could have in writing well. Before writing it helps first people to think in a critical sense so work should be using simple language in a well comprehendible way.

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“On the Uses of Liberal Education” written by Mark Edmundson offers this notion that the college network is becoming something more of a pay-n-go than an institute of higher education, students are more disconsolate and looking towards the professors for entertainment. It is becoming less about the education and more about filling seats and acquiring money. Parents could be partially blamed for their children who grow to be too scared to stand up or be criticized, they would rather stay quiet and let the professors be their entertainment. “I want some of them to say that they’ve been changed by the course”, this made me realize that this doesn’t happen enough and I agree with Edmundson that it’s somewhat due to imperturbable students since

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Ever wanted to throw down that textbook and read something enjoyable for once? Well, go ahead! Chunk that dull textbook out a window and pick up a comic; it will be more beneficial to your education than you think. The skills and values that liberally educated people should posses can vary from different views, yet the list of ten qualities that William Cronon created in his article, “’Only Connect…’ The Goals of a Liberal Education”(1998), is an inspirational goal for the liberally educated. Cronon’s list of qualities includes solving problems and puzzles, empowering others, and understanding how to get stuff done in the world.

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Standardized testing has not improved education in America. Standardized tests have been issued in schools all across the nation for years now. Some people like them and some people don’t. They do not help the student learn more information than they would without the tests. The U.S. has dropped from 18th highest scores in schools in the world to be in the 30’s on almost all of the subjects on the test.

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Standardized Testing While can be beneficial, standardized testing isn't improving American education. Standardized testing evaluates only the individual performance of a student instead of the overall growth of a student over the course of a year. In my opinion, Standardized testing is not enhancing education in America. Not all students who are smart and take in all the information test well. For instance, there are many people who simply do not perform well on tests.

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Ungar’s essay, Charles Murray discusses why a liberal arts degree is unnecessary in his essay, “Are Too Many People Going to College?”. Murray believes that the basics of a liberal education are indeed important, but that students should be provided the basics of liberal arts in elementary and middle school (Murray 223). In this essay, Murray cites E.D. Hirsch Jr.’s book Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know.” Hirsch Jr. and Murray believe that there is a “body of core knowledge” that all students should have, and that “this core knowledge is an important part of the glue that holds the culture together” but that this core knowledge should be taught in grades K-8 (Murray 224). Murray discusses how young children are much better at memorizing facts than adults are, to support his position that kids should be memorizing this core knowledge at a younger age (Murray 224).

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“Why, then, do we educate our children in the liberal studies? It is not because they can bestow virtue, but because they prepare the soul for the reception of virtue” in the text “liberal studies and education” by Seneca, this quote illustrates Seneca’s beliefs in that liberal studies are not the path to virtue in fact he believes that the path to virtue is seen through wisdom. The effects of virtue through wisdom are illustrated in the text through the characteristics of loyalty, kindliness and temperance. Seneca believes an individual achieves virtue when one shows true wisdom he believes that this is not achieved through the studies of liberal studies. Seneca illustrates this through the use of several key points throughout the text.

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There is a third reason which is the Most important reason, is to get a great picture of the cultural diversity of the United States of America. Knowledge of others, their cultures, their sciences and way of life, is useful for learning about a new culture. Some cultures have good qualities and bad recipes, or perhaps do not fit the nature of our lives. For example, my presence in America has made me learn a lot of American cultures that if I find them in my country and may be useful to me or in raising my children such as opening the door to the person walks behind me, honestly I like this behavior which I miss this in my country. In general, the idea of quoting the culture that suits our societies may help us to develop from the reality of our lives.

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