The author of the article is Ronald J. Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins University. The article is about the importance of humanities in a student’s life and in the job market. The author draws his arguments from a conversation he overheard a student telling others that he dropped his philosophy course because employability was more important than enlightenment. Daniels (n.d) acknowledges that the misconception about humanities in higher education is widespread and writes the letter to Johns Hopkins University students to educate them about the importance of humanities. He draws supporting propositions from various successful members of society who took the humanities course, but later became founders of tech companies. Contrary to beliefs that humanities majors have a hard time securing jobs, the author draws upon statistics to show that this particular demographics experience a low level of unemployment and reported high job satisfaction. From a personal perspective, I agree with the author that humanities are important in a student’s life. Humanities help us understand others through histories, cultures, and language, and to reason like human beings. Humanities help us to think creatively and develop informed and critical decisions.
References
Daniels, R. J. (n.d). Please, students, take that ‘impractical’ humanities course. We will all benefit. The Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/please-students-take-that-impractical-humanities-course-we-will-all-benefit/2018/09/14/f50b4f3e-b761-11e8-a2c5-3187f427e253_story.html?utm_term=.9dc1f3069069
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