my embeace of liberal arts education

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1、MyEmbeaceofLiberalArtsEducation　　WhenIbeganmystudyinCornellUniversityoneyearago，Iwasaskedbymany―relatives，friends，classmates，professors，andevenstrangers：“Whatisyourmajor？”Iwouldsay：“Undecided.”Someofthemwouldnodandcomment：“Nice！”andthenadd“thenyouareinarts？”　　Here，th

2、eirso？鄄called“arts”means“liberalarts”educationintheartsandscienceseducation，ratherthanthosesubjectsasdrawing，painting，andsculpturingwhicharemoreoftenregardedas“finearts.”Ofcourse，liberalartseducationcanincludefineartscultivation，butitalsocoversareaslikebiologicalands

3、ocialsciences，andthehumanities.AccordingtoWikipedia①，anencyclopediawebsite，liberalartseducationgenerallyrefersto“mattersnotrelatingtotheprofessional，vocational，ortechnicalcurricula②.”　　Backtothequestion，myansweris―well，yes.ExceptIwasnotsosureaboutattainingaliberalart

4、seducationatthebeginningofmyfreshmanyear.IsometimesfeelIamcompelledtobealiberalartsstudentonlyforthereasonthatIhavenoideaaboutwhatmyinterestslieinandwhatmystrengthsare.Being“undecided”in5thecollegeofartsandsciencesbothersmeattimes―itisjustaneuphemism③ofme“beinglost”a

5、ndhavingnoideawhatIamdoinginCornellUniversity.Ontopofthat，liberalartseducationissometimesviewedastoobroad，especiallycomparingtoprofessionalandvocationaleducationsuchaspre？鄄med④，engineering，andsoon.　　TherequirementsforCollegeofArtsandSciencesinCornellUniversityarealso

6、significantlydifferentfromthoseofothercolleges，say，HotelAdministration，orEngineering.InArtsandSciences，youhavealonglistofwhatyouhavetodoinordertograduate：learnoneforeignlanguage，meetbreadthsrequirementsanddistributionrequirements，andsoon.Forexample，ifImajorinGovernme

7、nt，inadditiontomycoremajorcourses，Ihavetolearnadifferentlanguage，someknowledgeaboutbothancientandmodernthings，aboutbothsimilarcultures（fromtheUS，Europe，andCanada）anddifferentcultures（fromAsia，Africa，Oceaniaandsoforth），andIalsohavetotakemathandscienceclasses.Whereasfo

8、rstudentsinothermorevocationalcollegesinCornell，eventhoughmostofthemhavetotakesomecoursesoutsideoftheirmajor，theydonothavesomany“un