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    From the outside, it is hard to see why I would want to earn a liberal arts degree. Time and time again, the lifetime earnings of workers who studied in the liberal arts are outpaced by their peers who worked in engineering. These “hard sciences” of math and engineering are lauded as the “right choice” for future success by ambitious parents and counselors, while liberal arts degrees are the butt of jokes. However, for me, a liberal arts degree means a lot more than just making money. It means a global

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    What are the liberal arts? What, historically speaking, is the tradition of the liberal arts? The liberal arts tradition was born in the philosophy of ancient Greece. It originates in response to certain questions born from human nature, and queried by the unique philosophy born in Grecian culture: What is “being?” What is “wisdom?” What is “virtue?” What is “good?” This pioneering search for truth accessible to reason about the whole world led necessarily to the search for truth about the place

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    parallel issues because giving students the education that they need is one of their rights that nobody can object. First of all, liberal art school is becoming more and more expensive so that it exceeds students’ ability to afford it. It is one of the problems that capitalism caused. In a capitalistic society, students by themselves are not able to afford liberal art schools and the way out to afford it is just like the way in to not being able to afford it in students’ later life. For example,

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    college, however students with a liberal arts background have a greater advantage as they are more appealing to employers. There are hundreds of liberal arts colleges in the United States, however they are often overlooked due to false perceptions regarding price. Liberal arts schools prepare students for the real world by providing a well-rounded education, smaller class sizes that allow for more individualized learning, and a unique college experience. Liberal arts schools aim to provide students

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    A Look at the Liberal Arts The essay “A New Liberal Arts,” which was written by Sanford Ungar, first appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education on March 5, 2010. In his essay, Ungar uses many different rhetorical strategies to convince his reader that a degree in the liberal arts is not a lost cause but can actually be very beneficial and lead to success. In Ungar’s opinion, there are many wrong ideas and misunderstandings about the usefulness of a degree in the liberal arts. In the essay

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    Liberal Arts and Business Connection At first glance liberal arts and business may seem to have no real connection but the underlying education and skills taught allow them to work well together. In an article entitled, Dimension of Precariousness, discussed being entrapped in a career or profession that lacks passion. The article stated that, “Entrapment can be considered as the long-lasting condition and weak part of young-adult independent professional beyond the first stages of their careers

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    Liberal Arts are academic subjects such as literature, philosophy, mathematics, and social and physical sciences as distinct from professional and technical subjects. This approach to education provides students with specialized ability in a chosen major as well as builds a foundation of skills and knowledge that can be applied among many career paths and academic pursuits. Employers value the ability to solve problems, adapt to change, work across disciplines, and collaborate with others, which

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    Choose Your Own Success The biggest purpose of earning a Liberal Arts Education or Degree is the person you become after you get it. You come out with skills needed for jobs, contributing to your community, and many benefits. Liberal Arts Education also known as college covers four subjects, humanities, social science, natural science, and formal science. Humanities being your art, literature, philosophy, music, etc. classes. Then there is social science, history, social politics, psychology, etc

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    Liberal arts education has been pursued by great thinkers and enthusiastic learners throughout the centuries. Great thinkers have sought out to expand their knowledge and gain a better and deeper understanding of the world in which they live. This has been accomplished by laying foundations of knowledge gained through diligently studding subjects such as physics, mathematics, art, history, philosophy, music and denoting an equal appreciation for each of these subjects. Each of these subjects is

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    A liberal arts education is one that doesn’t simply teach you how to be a lawyer, or a doctor, but instead it teaches you how to think, reason, and live as an aware and engaged citizen. A background in literature, history, philosophy, and other core subjects help mold a person into an erudite statesman. One who strives to make wise and rational decisions in life benefits from understanding an array of knowledge and thought. Perhaps the most important traits in a critical thinker are rhetoric and

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