Henry Adams Influence On Education
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The “American of Americans” learning through Saint Thomas Aquinas | [ ] [ ]Maria Guadalupe Mendoza-AvilaAmerican Civilization II
Dr. Hanssen
11 April 2013 |
Henry Adams
The “American of Americans” learning through Saint Thomas Aquinas Studying at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas (named after Washington Irving, the first man to write Christopher Columbus’ biography) in 2013 opens students’ minds to being liberal arts thinkers constantly and efficiently. With that, comes learning about Saint Thomas Aquinas in Philosophy courses and even in other courses such as Literary Traditions, Economics, Modern Languages, Psychology and American and Western Civilization courses. There is always …show more content…
Even though Henry Adams was already influential in him, having been raised with an enormously intellectual and eye-opening family, he had his own struggles other than the ones that were presented to him by his family about the country on its own. He was able to learn on his own that education is much more than memorizing anything, to him; it was about living it and being an example of how to make history. He knew that the only way to be as influential as he really wanted to be was by broadening his own mind as much as he possibly could. He had grown up with a president grandfather and another influential grandfather, so to him it was important that …show more content…
He had grown up with the pressure to be a great man, the same way that his elder men had been. In his book, The Education of Henry Adams readers are exposed to his way of life as a child and growing up. The first three chapters seem to be a coming of age novel, but in a satire format. His words are not to be taken completely seriously at first because it becomes obvious that a lot of the dates and times he gives are not correct, but they are rather the opposite which makes readers wonder if they can even believe anything else he writes. Readers need to know his background story to understand that he is a great friend to John Hay who is another great man in the history of the United States of America. The thing is Henry Adams never held a position of authority in the White House or anything in the United States. His main influence was his writings and books that he would send to his fellow comrades. He would also have many letter correspondences with a lot of the most influential men of the United States at the
The “American of Americans” learning through Saint Thomas Aquinas | [ ] [ ]Maria Guadalupe Mendoza-AvilaAmerican Civilization II
Dr. Hanssen
11 April 2013 |
Henry Adams
The “American of Americans” learning through Saint Thomas Aquinas Studying at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas (named after Washington Irving, the first man to write Christopher Columbus’ biography) in 2013 opens students’ minds to being liberal arts thinkers constantly and efficiently. With that, comes learning about Saint Thomas Aquinas in Philosophy courses and even in other courses such as Literary Traditions, Economics, Modern Languages, Psychology and American and Western Civilization courses. There is always …show more content…
Even though Henry Adams was already influential in him, having been raised with an enormously intellectual and eye-opening family, he had his own struggles other than the ones that were presented to him by his family about the country on its own. He was able to learn on his own that education is much more than memorizing anything, to him; it was about living it and being an example of how to make history. He knew that the only way to be as influential as he really wanted to be was by broadening his own mind as much as he possibly could. He had grown up with a president grandfather and another influential grandfather, so to him it was important that …show more content…
He had grown up with the pressure to be a great man, the same way that his elder men had been. In his book, The Education of Henry Adams readers are exposed to his way of life as a child and growing up. The first three chapters seem to be a coming of age novel, but in a satire format. His words are not to be taken completely seriously at first because it becomes obvious that a lot of the dates and times he gives are not correct, but they are rather the opposite which makes readers wonder if they can even believe anything else he writes. Readers need to know his background story to understand that he is a great friend to John Hay who is another great man in the history of the United States of America. The thing is Henry Adams never held a position of authority in the White House or anything in the United States. His main influence was his writings and books that he would send to his fellow comrades. He would also have many letter correspondences with a lot of the most influential men of the United States at the