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  1. Jan 2021
    1. Practice-oriented education is no panacea. In advocating a course of study that systematically integrates liberal education, professional education, and off-campus experience, I do not mean to diminish traditional approaches to either liberal or professional studies.

      I think the idea make student being more tired and work for more stiff but it will help them and if people feel interest on it they should feel ok for work harder.

    2. Most professional knowledge rests on theoretical and empirical work in the basic disciplines, and grasping the link between theory and practice is indispensable.

      Strong agree with that grasping the link between theory and practice is indispensable. A theoretical foundation plus practice makes people successful.

    3. And anyone who believes that all professional curricula lack demanding conceptual material is way behind the times. In truth, neither liberal nor professional education alone is the best way to sharpen undergraduates' intellectual powers.

      I do not really understand this. Why both side not best way to sharpen undergraduates' intellectual powers.

    4. To make room for this kind of program, professional faculties should rid their curricula of excessive technical content that can be learned on the job by well-educated graduates.

      Knowing more is just good for the whole life. Learn art and music to enrich your life. It’s good to be able to show your specialty at parties or other times.

    5. Internships give liberal arts majors a taste of workplace experience and allow students in professional fields to test their skills and interests. "Service learning" programs develop habits of civic engagement by linking college courses to actual work in community service.

      i agree with that. Now more machines are replacing people. Therefore, students should do internships so that they can find suitable and experienced jobs after graduation.

    6. Some recent surveys report that as many as three fourths of all students have at least one internship or similar off-campus experience during their college years.

      Facts have proved the practicality of this idea. Most people choose to do it to prove that this thing is correct and beneficial to them.

    7. and suggested that professional studies—such as business, education, health sciences, and engineering

      Let those be liberal education is stupid idea. Everyone's interests are different, so it's easy for those who are professional. On the contrary, it takes more time to study like history major.

    8. But others recognized that contemporary students were simply trying to arm themselves for a highly uncertain and competitive job market.

      I don't think arm themselves for a highly uncertain and competitive job market is a bad thing. Because people need increase employment. This is good for the country and itself.

    9. Heightened attention to combining liberal and professional studies could also be found at leading research universities such as Penn,

      That means heightened attention to combining liberal and professional studies is useful so the universities use it.

    10. : the expanding college-bound population represented a progressively wider range of backgrounds, needs, and interests,

      I agree with this. Because more college population make people want to choose more different jobs. Everyone get different hobbies and background.So people should match the major with their hobbies and background.

    11. The percentage of young people seeking college admission, which had risen steadily since 1945, began to level off, and some feared it might actually decline.

      I do not understand why when it risen steadily people are feared it actually decline.

    12. Because this new approach builds bridges between the realm of the intellect and the arenas of action and practice, let us call it "practice-oriented education."

      This is a good metaphor. The fusion of these things builds a strong bridge.

    13. that systematically integrates liberal education, professional education, and off-campus experience to produce college graduates who are both well educated and well prepared for the workplace.

      I agree with this idea. More aspects and early internships can make employment faster. This method also allows students to contact society earlier

    14. 而实习和其他种类的校外经验已在文科和专业领域得到广泛认可。逐步成形是课程的“第三条道路

      That is a good idea because More aspects and early internships can make employment faster. This method also allows students to contact society earlier.

    1. 它们使我对自己灵魂的一些有趣的想法成为舌头,这些想法经常在我的脑海中闪过,却因缺乏言辞而死了

      I think that is means he want to speak and write but he do not have any education he could not to do that.

    2. 像许多其他天生的奴隶一样,道格拉斯不确定他的出生日期或父亲的身份,他的血统之谜使他感到痛苦。

      That is so sad. Birthday is very important to a person. Filial piety to parents is a virtue in China. He is not an orphan but he lives as an orphan.

    3. You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man,"

      I like this sentence because it reveals that people understand history. You should also understand modern times.

    4. To prepare Americans for the jobs of the future and help restore middle-class security," it reads, "we have to out-educate the world and that starts with a strong school system.

      Education can improve people's knowledge. Only in this way can people create advanced things like Apple and Google. It has facilitated the world and caused major changes in the U.S. economic system.

    5. To deny education to any people is one of the greatest crimes against human nature."

      I agree with this sentence. Education is very important, it comes from teachers or some people who know skills and techniques.