The American College; a Criticism
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The elective system tempts him in a dozen different directions; arouses a dozen different interests that collapse at the moment when effort or persis- is neither compelled nor effectively assisted to cor- relate these choices with each other or in reference to a definite ultimate end.
146 THE ELECTIVE SYSTEM tence is demanded. This is the mean- ing of many isolated single courses, pursued in different departments.
The elective system deteriorates into tickling of the palate. Eventually the boy'...s real salvation comes, if at all, when, in competition vi^ith the unedu- cated barbarians of the outer world, he faces the alternative of efficiency or starvation. But this is exactly what on higher ground the elective system ought to have accomplished for him. If it does not find the boy endowed with pur- pose, it must develop purpose within him. I do not see how the college can escape this obligation; in the end, the modern educational theory of deter- mining the individual's destiny signifi- cantly rather than arbitrarily must be judged by the success with which we can in the interests of economy, eff ec- 147 THE AMERICAN COLLEGE tiveness, variety, rely on the develop- ment in each student of high and con- tinuous endeavor.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The elective system tempts him in a dozen different directions; arouses a dozen different interests that collapse at the moment when effort or persis- is neither compelled nor effectively assisted to cor- relate these choices with each other or in reference to a definite ultimate end.
146 THE ELECTIVE SYSTEM tence is demanded. This is the mean- ing of many isolated single courses, pursued in different departments.
The elective system deteriorates into tickling of the palate. Eventually the boy'...s real salvation comes, if at all, when, in competition vi^ith the unedu- cated barbarians of the outer world, he faces the alternative of efficiency or starvation. But this is exactly what on higher ground the elective system ought to have accomplished for him. If it does not find the boy endowed with pur- pose, it must develop purpose within him. I do not see how the college can escape this obligation; in the end, the modern educational theory of deter- mining the individual's destiny signifi- cantly rather than arbitrarily must be judged by the success with which we can in the interests of economy, eff ec- 147 THE AMERICAN COLLEGE tiveness, variety, rely on the develop- ment in each student of high and con- tinuous endeavor.
What to read after The American College; a Criticism?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Abraham Flexner to read onlineMoreLess
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