12A: Why is this class important?

• What is the value of a liberal arts education?

The value of a liberal arts education is the ability to have options.  I’m not just talking about this type of business class or another type of business class.  The option to choose to take the classes that truly interest you.  If I am a business major, I am allow to take an art class, or a philosophy class if I want to.  I get the education I need for my major and chosen career as well as the education that truly interests me. I have the ability to have a “well-rounded” education.  According to Emily Booker, “I've taken classes I would have never given a second thought, and have walked away with a wealth of cultural, scientific, language and mathematical knowledge.”  Without these “extra” classes, she wouldn’t have the same interests and knowledge she does now.  Students with a liberal arts education can value the options they are given to take whatever class they want to, whenever they want to.  

• What does it provide students with?

A liberal arts education teaches students how to adjust and grow with the changing world and job industry.  Instead of being trained for "Yesterday's jobs", us students are taught how to think outside the box and come up with creative, problem solving solutions on the spot and in any environment. “We can teach new hires the content, and we will have to because it continues to change, but we can’t teach them how to think — to ask the right questions — and to take initiative. ” A liberal arts education provides students with the ability to ask the right questions and to take initiative.  Liberal arts students become more  equipped to evolve, adjust to change, and lead any group of people in any situation.