Rise Above the Bottom Line: The Benefits of a Liberal Education

I live more than money. Recently, it is difficult to remember this. In terms of work, many people are worried about revenue - their salary. However, if you are suffering from a high salary job, you can see that the high salary is not worth the price. The same principle applies to education. It is not just to train high-income jobs from the university.

Fareed Zakaria Fareed Zakaria, host of GPS, CNN, announced a new book that challenges us to go beyond university profits. Protecting free education is an urgent need to remind the purpose and benefits of a four-year liberal arts degree. There are several points to consider.

1. Liberal arts has been attacked for many years and supports the emphasis on skill training, STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics), the sole purpose of acquiring a degree is to get a high salary job.

Some people think that education should pay more attention to the development of practical skills. Our idea is that in the technology era we need extensive STEM education to help our children succeed with the fastest growing career, many of which are based on STEM.

2. Zacharias reminds us that liberal arts education trains to think, write and talk about our thoughts. Free education tells us how to learn

Education is more than just training. It should be learned and grown as people, citizens and social contributors. It should be wisdom - to deepen our understanding of our world, to develop and polish our own views, and to have the necessary background knowledge to start working at a higher level - wisdom. Fostering intellectual development is the earliest educational goal, and we have understood and evaluated this concept for thousands of years.

3. If you do not know how to write, think, learn, or communicate - STEM's skills and training will not let us overshoot.

Knowledge of all concrete facts in the world can not replace the skills acquired through the training of liberal arts. Zakaria's book reminds us that these skills, along with their widespread implications, applications and benefits, are very valuable.

There is no doubt that the work of STEM is increasing. However, if we want to be able to compete in a new economic climate, we should hone our skills that only talent can bring. Being able to write, knowing how to learn and learning, and being able to communicate our unique, exciting and innovative ideas is more important than ever for the success of the world today. And this will not change soon

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The conclusion about comprehensive liberal arts education is that it has nothing to do with any final result. The value is on the quality it adds to life. It allows people to better understand music and art, history and literature. It helps to better understand language and culture, nature and philosophy. It replaces faith and belief with reason and logic, so it expands rather than limits the horizon. Very simple, teach people to live - not make a living

Fareed Zakaria Fareed Zakaria, host of GPS, CNN, announced a new book that challenges us to go beyond university profits. Protecting free education is an urgent need to remind the purpose and benefits of a four-year liberal arts degree. There are several points to consider. Education is more than just training. It should be learned and grown as people, citizens and social contributors. It should be wisdom - to deepen our understanding of our world, to develop and polish our own views, and to have the necessary background knowledge to start working at a higher level - wisdom. Fostering intellectual development is the earliest educational goal, and we have understood and evaluated this concept for thousands of years.

Many of the benefits of liberal education exist in the form of high income and are produced primarily by educated individuals. However, there are also intangible profits, many of which are enjoyed by members of other societies. Although it is difficult to provide definitive evidence, you can think of the six main channels society can benefit from liberal education programs. Of course, their applicability and importance vary from country to country. All forms of higher education create national interests, but liberal education creates specific benefits through the routes described below.