In my high school, I got to make my own schedule. Some of
the classes were mandatory but I would get to choose my other ones. Some classes
I would take for fun and others for an easy A but in many ways this is a good
comparison to what it is like now in college.
Many universities now offer what is
called a liberal arts education. This program teaches you to go outside the
box, it teaches you to explore other things besides you major, for example.
There are several reasons this is so important. Not only does is help you learn
about new things but it could lead to the discovery of something else you want
to do with your life, or it can allow you to stand out among
a group of job applicants.
My major is a perfect example of a
liberal arts education program here at Southern. For the education major, you
have to choose a second major as well. They do this for many different reasons.
First, they want teachers to be specialized in soothing other than education
(math, reading, writing, science, etc.) This
will help you stand out in a group of potential employees in a major and have something
you specialize in. With that said, it will also help you to have a potential
back up career in case you can’t find one in education.
In this week’s readings we learned
all about the liberal arts education program. As said in the article, “What is
college for?” it says, that when kids find classes boring, they find a lack of
interest studying for them outside of school. But with the liberal arts
education program, people can choose classes they actually might enjoy and
explore those further, hence enhancing their want to study and raising their
rate for success.
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