Liberal Education

        When people graduate from a four-year college they often receive a Bachelor of Science degree or a Bachelor of Arts degree.  A BS degree is usually in the applied sciences like physics, chemistry or mathematics.  The BA degree is usually in liberal arts areas like literature, music, or art. 

        Of all collage degrees, a Bachelor of Arts is probably the worst for preparing the student for the real world unless they are going into teaching.  Teaching is a needed and honorable profession, but we might not need many more art history majors. 

John Adams, one of our great founding fathers, wrote this to his wife during the Revolutionary War:

“I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.  My sons ought to study mathematics, philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.”

        We have become very spoiled in this great country.  Four-year college degrees are great for some people, but we also need students to learn specific skills necessary for our economy.  

        Too many people graduate from collage with no clue how to manage their lives.  They don’t know anything about essentials like personal finance or insurance.  I hope most collage and high school graduates have at least learned the 3Rs and how to find and evaluate information with logical thinking. 

        When I titled this blog liberal education, I was not focusing on liberal arts.  I was talking about how politically liberal our education system has gotten.  How can students learn logical thought if they only receive one side from their professors?  History has even been rewritten to present the liberal agenda.  This reminds me of George Orwell’s 1984.

        When Donald Trump was elected president, Hampshire College lowered their flag to half staff.  College professors in several universities cancelled or postponed tests and assignments because the students were too upset with Trump’s election.  This is ridiculous.    

        Our colleges and universities have gotten so politically liberal that educators are often denied tenure in universities if they are not liberal.  Students won’t learn logical thought if the professors they respect only give them their personal political beliefs.

        Notre Dame students are now protesting Mike Pence as their commencement speaker.  Notre Dame is a Catholic University and Pence is a Catholic and the Vice President of the United States.  Since when does free speech only apply to liberals?

        Students at a free speech rally in Berkley physically assaulted American veterans.  They wore masks and acted like anarchists.  These students need to wake up. 

        I would never hire someone this naïve, and many employers feel the same.  Maybe these students can get a government job or make a living as a liberal educator until the rest of the country wakes up and those jobs go away. 

        Liberal education has gone too far.  Appalachian State University offers a class called “What if Harry Potter is Real?”  The University of South Carolina offers a class called “Lady Gaga and the sociology of Fame.”  We need to teach our youth job skills, logical thinking, actual history, and government to prepare them for the real world. 

        God bless the United States of America.  God bless President Trump and guide him to make America great again.

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