Comments on: Living Up To Expectations http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coal/2009/02/05/living-up-to-expectations/ Communication from Dr. Carey Adams, Dean of the College of Arts and Letters Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:57:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bonnie Shackter http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coal/2009/02/05/living-up-to-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Bonnie Shackter Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:35:31 +0000 http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coal/?p=3#comment-3 In the 1950's my late husband attended Johns Hopkins as a pre-med student. They believed liberal arts were so important that pre-med students were only allowed to take the required science courses and had to take liberal arts classes to finish their curriculum. I hope we never forget the value of a diverse education. Bonnie In the 1950’s my late husband attended Johns Hopkins as a pre-med student. They believed liberal arts were so important that pre-med students were only allowed to take the required science courses and had to take liberal arts classes to finish their curriculum. I hope we never forget the value of a diverse education. Bonnie

]]> By: Jack Dimond http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coal/2009/02/05/living-up-to-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Jack Dimond Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:45:00 +0000 http://blogs.missouristate.edu/coal/?p=3#comment-2 I saw Ted Turner on "Meet the Press" back in November, and he talked about his decision to get a liberal arts education rather than to go to business school. Here's an excerpt from the transcript: MR. BROKAW: You were at Brown and you wanted to be a classics major. You were--you remain to this day someone who's deeply interested in history, classics and books. And when you announced that to your dad, he wrote you a long, detailed letter. MR. TURNER: Well, he, he, he really wanted me to go to business school. He was very practical. And--but Brown was a liberal arts college, and he knew that when I went there. Even the economics courses I took were economic theory. They weren't how to balance, balance books and the sort of thing I would have gotten if I'd have gone to, say, Wharton or, or to a business school. That--but that's where he decided later on, where, where I ought to be. But I was already at Brown. It was really an attack on a liberal, liberal arts education. And there are reasons why, there are reasons why I, I had a liberal arts education, and I was extremely successful in business. And I think I would have not been as successful if it had not been for my classical background, because I learned about Alexander the Great and Pericles and Aristotle, and I think it made me a better businessman. I saw Ted Turner on “Meet the Press” back in November, and he talked about his decision to get a liberal arts education rather than to go to business school. Here’s an excerpt from the transcript:

MR. BROKAW: You were at Brown and you wanted to be a classics major. You were–you remain to this day someone who’s deeply interested in history, classics and books. And when you announced that to your dad, he wrote you a long, detailed letter.

MR. TURNER: Well, he, he, he really wanted me to go to business school. He was very practical. And–but Brown was a liberal arts college, and he knew that when I went there. Even the economics courses I took were economic theory. They weren’t how to balance, balance books and the sort of thing I would have gotten if I’d have gone to, say, Wharton or, or to a business school. That–but that’s where he decided later on, where, where I ought to be. But I was already at Brown. It was really an attack on a liberal, liberal arts education. And there are reasons why, there are reasons why I, I had a liberal arts education, and I was extremely successful in business. And I think I would have not been as successful if it had not been for my classical background, because I learned about Alexander the Great and Pericles and Aristotle, and I think it made me a better businessman.

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