It is very important for students to have a liberal arts education. Having a liberal arts education makes you a very well rounded student. A liberal arts education gives you more options and new experiences. Without a liberal arts education you wouldn't have a wide variety of knowledge. This curriculum helps you to think out of the box.
A liberal arts education also helps students pick their major. If you broaden your horizons and take classes you won't normally take you might learn what you want to major in. Some students come into college thinking they know what they want to do in the future. Then they come into college and take a course that might change their mind. This is why it is good to take classes you wouldn't normally take. The liberal arts education gives you a variety of options and gives you ideas of
what you might want to do in the future.
Our readings for inquiry this week were about the liberal arts education and how it benefits students. In the article Need a Job? Invent It, it states that "the longer kids are in school, the less motivated they become." I agree with this statement because when kids are in school for awhile they get bored and start to just go through the motions. This article also states that "motivation is the most critical aspect for basic knowledge for young people." In order for students to want to have a liberal arts education they have to be intrinsically motivated. "Young people who are intrinsically motivated; more curious, persistent, and willing to take risk will learn new knowledge and skills continuously" (Need a Job? Invent it).Teachers should try to motivated their students to have a liberal arts education. Having a liberal arts education is a very good way to learn what you want to do in the future. A liberal arts education gives you new experiences, ideas and will help you in the long run.
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