Monday, August 29, 2011
IDEA
The objective that really stuck out for me was 10: “Developing a clearer understanding of, and commitment to, personal values." One of the idea purposes of a bachelor's degree education is to educate the whole person, not just in the skills needed for a specific job, but in the understanding, experiences, and critical thinking skills needed to participate actively in adult life. To be wholly education, then, a student must define, understand, refine and commit to personal values that will serve that person in the future. All three assignments have elements of this objective, but the "This I Believe" essay is built solidly around this objective. I have never really noticed until now that most of my class have done just this. The were not solely interested in what grades I got or what it meant to them. The teachers that I have had were more interested in getting me to understand why I needed to know this information and how it would help me be a better person; not only in my professional life but in my personal life as well. I also do not know how much I agree with Objective 8. It seems that for this class only being two credit hours I have wrote more than any of my other classes; even when you combine all of them. I also feel like after a while you simply get burnt out on writing everything down and start to turn in crappy work.
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I completely agree! It wasn't until last quarter that it hit me that all of my classes were forcing me to not only understand the class material but also why I needed to know it. I also agree that we've written more in 2 hours of class than even Research and Technical Writing class, but I don't think I care as much because at least we are writing about what WE want to write about. Of course we are given a prompt, but it's still OUR thoughts. :)
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ReplyDeleteLandyn,
I appreciate and value your statement on “to educate the whole person, not just in the skills needed for a specific job,”. In my opinion, it is a statement like this that best sums up what a college education gives an individual that experience alone will not; which is character. You are also correct when you say “Commit to personal values”. The education we are achieving develops not only intelligence towards a subject in general, but towards character as a whole. Good job and well written as usual!
Steven Guy