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    Derek Bok argues that schools are not adequately preparing students for life in a democracy and are focusing too little on analytical thinking, civics education, and news literacy. The author agrees and argues that schools should broaden students' perspectives rather than create closed environments. Martha Nussbaum argues that liberal arts education equips students for meaningful work and participation in society by developing understanding across subjects and preparing them for international engagement and careers. To be engaged global citizens, students must be aware of their community and world, participate civically, understand how systems work, and take responsibility for their own actions.

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    Derek Bok argues that schools are not adequately preparing students for life in a democracy and are focusing too little on analytical thinking, civics education, and news literacy. The author agrees and argues that schools should broaden students' perspectives rather than create closed environments. Martha Nussbaum argues that liberal arts education equips students for meaningful work and participation in society by developing understanding across subjects and preparing them for international engagement and careers. To be engaged global citizens, students must be aware of their community and world, participate civically, understand how systems work, and take responsibility for their own actions.

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    Rowan Alssoudi

    Dr. Esquivel

    ENGL- 1020-21W

    2/13/2022

    The Academic Precis

    Derek Bok, president retired of Harvard University, noted in "The Crisis of Civic

    Education" that "there is much more we could do to prepare our students for the challenges of

    living in a democracy." Humans are demanding less of kids in analytical thoughts, American

    politics, and news educational achievement, according to Bok. I concur with him. Rather than

    extending our students' perspectives, school systems far too frequently aim to establish a closed

    atmosphere, often ostensibly for protection and litigation. The problem of "helicopter" parenting

    is quite known to us which means they are overprotective to their children. Doing this concept

    falls well below our responsibilities to assist our children towards achieving properly

    participating citizens of modern democracy. "Education is not just for citizenship," according to

    Martha Nussbaum's article The Liberal Arts Are Not Elitist. It equips individuals for meaningful

    work and meaningful lifestyles." Which, in my opinion, is the purpose of a liberal education: to

    give a foundation of understanding in a variety of subjects such as arithmetic, literature,

    composition, history, and science, as well as to prepare students for international participation

    and a satisfying career. To become an international citizen, one must be mindful of everything

    that is occurring in the society surrounding them, engage in the community, comprehend the way

    the universe functions, accept accountability for one's own behaviors independently.


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    Reference

    Bok, Derek. "The Crisis of Civic Education." The Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. 64, no. 6,

    6 Oct. 2017, pp. B3+.

    https://go-gale-com.ezproxy.jscc.edu/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=tel_a_jackscc&id=GALE|

    A511672069&v=2.1&it=r&sid=AONE&asid=32e93efe

    Nussbaum, Martha C. "The Liberal Arts Are Not Elitist." The Chronicle of Higher Education,

    vol. 56, no. 25, 5 Mar. 2010. 

    https://go-gale-com.ezproxy.jscc.edu/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=tel_a_jackscc&id=GALE|

    A220078110&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ITOF&asid=ef72448f

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