The goal of politics should not be the pursuit of an ideal, but rather the search for common ground and reasonable consensus. - GRE Issue 99

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The goal of politics should not be the pursuit of an ideal, but rather the search for common ground and reasonable consensus. - GRE Issue 99

Should educators focus equally on enriching students' personal lives and on job preparation, as the speaker contends? In my view, preparing students for the mundane aspects of work should be secondary to providing a broader education that equips students with historical and cultural perspective, as well as thoughtful and principled personal value systems and priorities. Paradoxically, it is through the liberal studies, which provide these forms of personal enrichment, that students can also best prepare for the world of work.

One reason why educators should emphasize personal enrichment ov...

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