Edmundson Liberal Education

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Mark Edmundson’s “on the uses of a liberal education” displays how corrupt the current education system is. He raises problems of consumerism in colleges and also indicates that college’s students lack intellectual curiosity. The multiple choices student have today in college have made the college a facile learning environment, resulting in complacent students. He ridicules the fact that students can withdraw from classes with a one month left in semester. In the beginning of the text, Edmundson depicts a classroom he particularly doesn’t enjoy on evaluation day. He explains he is fearful of the students will think of him but also states that he often gets good reviews; just not the types of answers he wants. He admits that he dislikes the image of himself emerges from the…show more content…
One reason for this is that they are worried about their future, status quo and financial success. The majority of student are desperate enough to fit and blend into society which lead them to no longer attending classes they are interested in. The devoid of passion leads to end of striving for genius, leading to many uncurious and uneducated individuals. Since the student are trying to become the ideal persons, with successful careers, they are afraid to think out of the box and become genius. He writes about the lack of passion to point out that there will no longer be any genius in the near future. He point out that many colleges a tendency to serve but not to challenge the students. He further strengthens his arguments by providing the example of grade deflation – in some classes, the grades were increasing over the years. He concludes by saying that his teaching style will definitely change; his classes will not only be enjoyable but also will ultimately change the students and he will not worry about the evaluations. Also he put burdens on individuals to strive to be

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