The traumatic experience of the late - whether hurricane Sandy, Aurora shootings or local tragedy in our family or neighborhood - the day-to-day living place, we most often try to make sense of our lives. How as the thinking and strategy of the Americans is not engaged in financial cliff back into recession, it is very important, and we arrived at how we define our lives and the lives of more complex and nuanced, within the meaning of the plans and strategies.
I am not an imaginary money, economy, finance is not important. Clearly, these issues and determine the quality of life. I worry that our government will be how to deal with the growing federal deficit in such a way that does not stifle futures offspring. I do not believe, but we depend entirely on the success in the world of global competition, science, business and technology leadership style. The state of higher education in the United States, Governor Mitt Romney and President Obama each time (October 29, 2012) article references the success of the United States and restore the inside and outside of the tickets and outside the classroom mathematics, science and technology seems short-sighted 's.
Romney insisted: "We have excellent universities and other institutions of higher learning, we do this and be proud of many of the most important scientific breakthroughs in their laboratory ... their bodies to promote inquiry, stimulate creativity, and the ultimate success of the preparation of our citizens. "
It is worth noting that the lack of the value of education, and promote good citizenship and civic behavior. Jobs can make us better citizens, but the work requires, we can not be defined as individuals or sole measure of the success of our personal and collective.
Obama the same time, the emphasis on the value of a good teacher, specify added 100,000 math and science teachers, his education reform plan. These are indeed noble gesture, it will be difficult not know what the value of the proposal. However, mature leader did not mention in the humanities and the arts do in fact lead to personal, economic and commercial success. Arts and humanities students entrepreneurship and gain skills, companies need. The critical inquiry, cultivate imagination, understanding is essential for any and all of the innovation in the past. Dialogue on economic recovery can not and should not be does not recognize the important role of the arts and humanities play, so we understand, interpret, and evaluate any positive progress. Success in the global market and "good job" the only sign of the success and progress of it? As one administrator said, "humanities type" does not teach us how to do it and how we do it, human culture and education. '
Whether it is to learn another language, reading and analysis of a book, the connection between the understanding of language and critical thinking, or reflect the survival of Hurricane Katrina, dance performances on the problems of the humanities and the arts. The former president of Harvard University said, "We need to discuss higher education's budget deficit outlook discussion, it is possible and necessary, why is this strategy and the impact of any and all decisions of the significance and prospects and job opportunities." the daily lives of ordinary people every day. This is the value of the humanities, stressing the ties that bind us together, as human beings trying to sense the world, we provide tools and imagine the unlimited possibilities of our daily lives.
Heels shooter Jared Loughner life sentencing, remind, it is the music, memory and music therapy, open the door, injured Rep. Gabby Giffords miraculous recovery.
In the matter of success and progress, cultural and artistic issues.
Neil • Leicester is an English professor at Arizona State University, Associate Vice President humanities project director of the Arts and Humanities.
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