The article‚ “On the Purpose of a Liberal Arts Education” written by Robert Harris explains how vital and essential a liberal arts education can be in society. Liberal Arts is an area of study (literature‚ language‚ and history) that is set to give general knowledge rather than specific skills for a single profession (Merriam-Webster‚ n.d.). Skills that can be gained at a liberal arts institution include: critical and creative thinking skills‚ increased ability to learn new ideas‚ intelligent opinions
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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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THE REASONS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENT ON USING INTERNET FOR EDUCATION Dicky Urianto Halimawan ¡V 03320030075 Industrial Engineering of Pelita Harapan University‚ Lippo Karawaci‚ Tangerang Abstract In the past few years‚ Indonesia has experienced the integration of the internet into society. This situation has created their presence in the market with taking us to the aim of this study that for know the reasons of university student on using internet for education. The data of benefits of
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said‚ “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.” King is pointing out that education is meant to challenge people in order to shape their minds and thoughts. The importance of education has been written about countless times. Many intelligent writers have written articles on higher education‚ such as Horace Mann’s “From Report of the Massachusetts Board of Education‚ 1848‚” Jean Anyon’s “From
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September 29. 2011 “Perception Assignment” Scenario & Perception As a student nurse‚ I was working in a student assignment group‚ where we were to make a project for a presentation on “Breast Cancer”. We had four persons in our group. On our meeting day‚ one of our group members did not come to our group meeting and she also did phone none of us. We were not able to finish our group work because we were missing her part of the project. We did not even know whether she had started her part
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Living As A College Student Thesis Statement: The life of typical college student is characterized by the time spent studying‚ attending class and socializing with peers. Essay: People’s life is full of activities. Everyday‚ every time and every part of their life‚ activities are always around them. People are really busy with their own activities‚ for example working in the office‚ teaching‚ caring the children‚ rescuing people‚ studying and many others. Most of them enjoy their activities
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Illicit drug use continues past adolescence is reflected in rising drug use rates among young adults 18–24 years old (Addiction‚ 2000). Since 1960 drug use among college students have increased. For example‚ in spite of various programs to reduce drug use among college students‚ especially the use of marijuana has increased since the past 10 years (Addiction‚ 1997). The college experience is a particularly challenging phase in an individual’s development. It provides many students with their first
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country in the world I travel to‚ I will not come to the United Stated of America‚ daddy!” My daddy just laughed and said‚ “You’ll never know young lady‚ so let’s see”. Two years after that I am writing an essay in my room‚ not in Indonesia but United States. How can it be? Well‚ I am an exchange student staying in Wisconsin now. I applied for an exchange program for all over the world and United States is one of the countries in my list. Not because I want to go to the United States because I already
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Student Council Essay If I were elected president I would make a difference in the school. If I were president I will help out the school by making sure we keep up with our part. I would like to add more meetings‚ so that people want to stay all year and not just come for a little while and then leave. I would make this happen by scheduling about one social every month. I think I will make a good president because I am trustworthy‚ responsible‚ active in the club and respectful. I would also like
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of the Liberal Arts As the world has become more technologically‚ economically‚ and scientifically oriented‚ the education of future generations has changed with it and has become more focused into three fields: technology‚ economy‚ and science. With the intellectual focus being turned toward the sciences and mathematics‚ students and teachers have both moved away from the liberal arts‚ leaving them forgotten. Recently‚ there has been a desire to restore the liberal arts to education‚ and it
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