Interest in teaching, social service and the altruistic fields is at a low. On the other hand, enrollment in business programs, engineering and computer science is way up.
That s no surprise either. A friend of mine was making twice the salary of her college instructors her first year on the job even before she completed her two-year associate degree.
While it s true that we all need a career, it is equally true that our civilization has accumulated an incredible amount of knowledge in fields far removed from our own and that we are better for our understanding of these other contributions be they scientific or artistic. It is equally true that, in studying the diverse wisdom of others, we learn how to think. More important, perhaps, education teaches us to see the connections between things, as well as to see beyond our immediate needs.
Weekly we read of unions who went on strike for higher wages, only to drive their employer out of business. No company;no job. How shortsighted in the long run!
But the most important argument for a broad education is that in studying the accumulated wisdom of the ages, we improve our moral sense. I saw a cartoon recently which shows a group of businessmen looking puzzled as they sit around a conference table;one of them is talking on the intercom : Miss Baxter, he says, could you please send in someone who can distinguish right from wrong?
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