Example 1
Menand and Gutting feel that the purpose of college is not only for the preparation towards the student's future career choice, but as an experience that is to enlighten them with information not primarily found in the textbook. “Students, in turn, need to recognize that their college education is above all a matter of opening themselves up to new dimensions of knowledge and understanding” (Gutting). These "new dimensions" will motivate young adults beginning their lives towards tolerance and a new way of thinking that is necessary in order to adapt to the world and it's ever-changing society.“Education is about personal and intellectual growth, not about winning some race to the top” (Menand). There is currently an existing misconception that college's sole purpose is to prepare one for their working future, but perhaps if it were to be corrected, general interest in learning and the overall intent of going to school would be modified.
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Example 1
Menand and Gutting feel that the purpose of college is not only for the preparation of a student's future career, but to become enlightened with information not primarily found in the textbook. Gutting believes that “Students [ . . . ] need to recognize that their college education is above all a matter of opening themselves up to new dimensions of knowledge and understanding.” He believes that these "new dimensions" will motivate young adults that tolerance and a new way of thinking is necessary to adapt to the world. In a similar fashion, Menand focuses on the individual, writing that “Education is about personal and intellectual growth, not about winning some race to the top.” Both of these writers suggest that the existing misconceptions that college's sole purpose is to prepare people for their working future needs to be corrected, with a shift to a general interest in learning.
Example 2
Many writers believe that college should focus on the intellectual enlightenment of a person. Philosophy professor, Gary Gutting, argues that, "colleges and universities have no point if we do not value the knowledge and understanding to which their faculties are dedicated." This creates a theory that outlines the importance of being a productive member in society. College is necessary to show them that interests stem from new places. It is suggested that, "Good teaching does not make a course's subject more interesting; it gives the students more interests - and so makes them more interesting."
Example 3
Many writers believe that college should focus on preparing students for their future occupations. For instance I am a Criminal Justice Major and in my intro to law class, my professor in that class is a retired state trooper, and when your on the police force there are deadlines and you may not go over the dealines. So what my intro to law professor is very strict on the deadlines of papers, homework, etc. He is teaching us to do our work on time and to get it done before the deadline. If all the students in the class get used to doing things before a deadline it will prepare us for when we get onto the force and there are deadlines that must be met on time. So in that aspect my professor is preparing me for my future occupation and that is what i believe that all colleges and professors should do.
This paragraph needs to be refocused and rewritten. Emphasis needs to move away from the subjective (the self) to the objective (in this case, the information from the readings).
Example 4
Many writers believe that college should focus on self-improvement. Rather than everything focusing on money and grades, writers such as Menand and Gutting believe that the student should just focus on taking something away from the class and use what they have learned instead of just remembering it for tests and exams Menand supports this argument with, "Education is about personal and intellectual growth, not about winning some race to the top"(Menand). By doing this students will actually learn something and end up thriving in the real world as Gutting states, "This is an essentail function, but the raison d'etre of a college is to nourish a world of intellectual culture; that is, a world of ideas, dedicated to what we can know scientifically, understand humanistically, or express artistically"(Gutting). By focusing what they learn, students will get good grades and become prepared for the real world naturally.
Example 5
Menand and Gutting feel that the purpose of college is to acheive some time of personal satisfaction. Menand states in his "Live and Learn: Why We Have College", that "Education is about personal and intellectual growth, not about winning some race to the top." This simply means that it doesn't matter what grades you get, as long as you feel you are learning something. Gutting believes that the way to achieve this satifaction is through your proffesors. The way you are taught depends on if you are learning anything or not. He states in his "What is College For?", that First of all, they are not simply for the education of the students." He believes that they serve more of a purpose than just spuing out facts and statistics; he believes that the teacher has to be excited about teaching if they expect the students to be excited about learning. They need to take pride in what they teach.