Blog entry by NICOLE A LARREGUI-CINTRON
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Nicole Larregui, Isabel Negron Rosado, Cristina Rodriguez, Pamela
Prof. Petra Avillan-León
Ingles Intermedio I 3103-132
August 28, 2016
Universities Purpose
What are universities for? This a topic that The School of Life approaches in a youtube video. The School of Life is an organization devoted to developing emotional intelligence through the help of culture. This can be seen in the video because when they question the purpose of the universities the proposed new departments like one how to deal with relationships another one to deal with anxiety as well as others that don't make part of the university. They argue that these are key to one's development as a human because the university is supposed to help you deal with all that life has to offer not just the professional aspect of it. According to The School of Life, the first universities were used for people to find meaning in life by learning about history and paintings instead of finding meaning in religion. Somewhere along the line that purpose of finding meaning in life went away and the goal was to educate one for the professional word, but what about the rest of the time when you are not working? Who will teach you to live? At first, that's what universities did but not anymore. As students who are still learning and developing we need that class to teach us how to deal with a breakup, teaches us how to make friends, teaches us how to do our taxes and deal with anxiety. The School of Life culminated their video saying that “The universities of the future” will do that. [ Modified: Sunday, August 28, 2016, 11:10 AM ]