When I was 7, my aunt asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up, I replied that I wasn’t sure, the only thing I knew is I wanted to go to college. She laughed cynically and said little girl, we don’t go to college in this family, we work in factories. I honestly think she would have taken it better had I told her I wanted to fly, but go to college? That wasn’t going to happen. Last semester was my first semester at a liberal arts school, I chose Wheaton because it was a Christian school, I did not know what liberal arts was and did not get clear answer when I inquired so I figured it would not matter. Then I had my first class, it took me until almost midterms to figure out that there were no tests in the class. All of the articles and books we were reading, were just to experience history, to see life from their context. I was elated! This is what I have dreamed about my whole life. I still had to figure out what a liberal arts education was and how would it change as a Christian Liberal Arts education. …show more content…
It should stay near the foundations of these disciplines and focus longer on the foundation to deepen the understanding. The goal is to enjoy the discipline for its own sake and not to move quickly to more advance study. The content should be the most excellent content that is available in every given discipline handed down by previous generation scholars to prepare the next. It is a way of learning that is aimed at freeing us to experience and enjoy the activities that make us more uniquely human. Now that a liberal arts education has been explained, let’s explore what changes when it is a Christian liberal arts