Lucas deMey
9/6/17
Entry Prompt
In this day and age of machines and computers i believe nothing is more valuable than education and luckily in the united states we’ve all been blessed and provided with a solid public education which is more than we can say for most other countries around the world. Sadly i believe that this system is being taken for granted and not appreciated as it should be. We’ve all been given an opportunity to succeed in this world and all we need to do is grasp it.
Personally i agree with barnetts philosophy of higher learning it involves taking the student out of their comfort zone and making them work and showing them they can succeed even with a force working against them.It also makes students realize that no matter how much the question no matter how many hours they log there will never be a final answer there will always be more you can do to further your knowledge and understanding in a certain topic.
One point both authors make is that they both press the fact that you can never understand absolutely everything about a certain topic or area of learning that there is always something you can do to further your learning/understanding. Coming from a family that has worked in education for many years My opinion on education allies with that of Barnett i believe that we take education for granted and that we have to leave our comfort zone or cozy area of learning to truly grow in an educational aspect. Although i believe students should never be challenged to the point where they feel stupid albert einstein once said “if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree it will live its entire life believing it’s useless”. The reason i believe this quote is relevant is because it shows the importance of a liberal arts education by way of diversifying your learning and making it so you work on things that come natural to you instead of focusing just on the things that are difficult. So at the end of the day i believe that my ideas and opinions align with the authors fairly closely i believe that a student should always be challenged in the classroom. Also their learning experience should be diverse and full making sure they are stimulated at all ends of the spectrum. And when these things are done i believe that young adults and teenagers will once again to take education seriously as they will finally realize clearly it’s a gateway to a better life.
