The Similarities between Bird’s College is a Waste of Time and Money and Perry’s Examsmanship and the Liberal Arts
William G. Perry Jr. and Caroline Bird, both have their own perspective on our education system. Based on their essays, Examsmanship And The Liberal Arts: A Study In Educational Epistemology and College Is A Waste Of Time And Money written by the authors above respectively, views ranging from one end to the other end of the scale were found. Although there is a huge contradiction between Bird and Perry’s idea, there are some thoughts in their essay that supports each other’s ideas. Certain parts of Perry’s and Bird’s essay sees eye to eye on college does not prepare students for the job industry.The majority of students feel that going through college did not help prepare them for their job. In one of Bird’s interview she "listened to a 1970 Mount Holyoke graduate: …When I got out I made up my mind that I wasn’t going to school anymore because so many of my courses had been bull*censored*"(465). They go to college expecting to learn a lot about the career they are interested in but instead they end up taking a bunch of classes that don't really have anything to do with their career choice. Then when they actually go and try to get a job in their field they find out that their college diploma is not really helping them get the jo
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Approximate Word count = 940
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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