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    Awesome Student Professor English Date Earl Sweatshirt Earl Sweatshirt also known by his government name‚ Thebe Neruda Kgositsile was born on February 24‚ 1994. Earl Sweatshirt was born to Cheryl Harris‚ who is a law professor at University of California‚ Los Angeles‚ and Keorapetse Kgositsile‚ a South African poet and political activist. When Earl was about 6 years of age‚ his father decided to leave back to South Africa and left his family in Los Angeles. Earl grew up in the area of Los Angeles and

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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Throughout history‚ people have always placed an emphasis on education but mainly for knowledge only. In “Liberal Studies and Education‚” Seneca challenges the traditional thinking in education and shows that the ultimate goal of education is acquiring virtue. According to Seneca‚ the path to virtue is through the teaching of purity and the effects of virtue are illustrated through kindliness‚ bravery‚ and temperance. There are many causes of virtue‚ but the most important is the teaching of purity

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    College students should pursue in Liberal Art Education because they give their students a better chance at receiving a job faster‚ it teaches the understanding of other cultures and nations‚ and the most important it teaches you how to embrace your writing skills‚ mathematics. Having a job is very important to today’s society but obtaining a job is very arduous. It is the only way that you can earn money other than babysitting or being a local house maid. When you try and apply for any sort of

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