Another School Year - What For?
In January, 1940, I taught Shakespear in a university. One day, a student came into my office. He told me that he attended to university for learning to be a pharmacist, but could not understand why he should study Shakespear. I tried my best to explain what a university was to do. I said that a university was different to a technical training school. The university not only trained for specialists but also educates students to be civilized members in civilization. In other words, the task of university is to help students obtain knowledge and special skills, and also to maintain contact with great thought of last mankinds. If one only wants to be a machanized savage, then he has no business to being at a university.
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Another School Year - What For?
In January 1940, I taught Shakespeare at a university. One day, a student came into my office. He told me that he attended university to become a pharmacist, but he could not understand why he had to study Shakespeare. I tried my best to explain what a university was supposed to do. I said that a university was different to a technical training school.A university not only trains specialists but also educates students to be civilized members of society. In other words, the purpose of a university is to help students obtain knowledge and special skills, and also to maintain contact with the great minds of previous generations. If one only wants to be a mechanised savage, then they have no business studying at a university.1
Another School Year - What For?
In January 1940, I taught Shakespeare at a university. One day, a student came into my office. He told me that he entered university to become a pharmacist and could not understand why he had to study Shakespeare. I tried my best to explain what a university was supposed to do. I said that a university was different from a technical training school. A university not only trains specialists, but also educates students to be civilized members of modern society. In other words, the task of a university is to help students obtain knowledge and special skills, and also to maintain contact with the great thinkers of previous generations. If one only wants to be a technically advanced savage, then he/she has no business studying at university.Want to progress faster?
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