An Emphasis on the Liberal Arts

After reviewing Todd Gitlin's The Liberal Arts in an Age of Info-Glut, it really made me think about how little the education system emphasizes the liberal arts. Gitlin made a point when he preached that something as short as a thirty-second commercial can influence someone's opinion, and therefore people's minds are too easily changed. "When information becomes the noise of our culture - the need to teach the lessons of the liberal arts is urgent.", and I truly believe that there is a need for a liberal arts revival in the curriculum. Not only will the liberal arts help students deeply analyze their own reasoning, but as well as their peers who might not agree with them on certain subjects. The arts has the ability to open up narrow minds and support broader thinking that can be beneficial to understanding academic subjects, as well as in real-life situations outside of the classroom - especially in understanding foreign cultures and perspectives.