Problem 1: Flannery and Shorris both decry a purely technical education and emphasize the importance of a liberal arts education in our culture/society. In your essay discuss the role/purpose/function of a liberal arts education (and of the humanities) in our culture/society as described by Flannery in Our Greatest need and by Shorris in Social Transformation Through the Humanities
Problem 2: In Social Transformation Through the Humanities Earl Shorris defends his Eurocentric curriculum by pointing out that the Greeks were the "troublemakers of history." Explain how Plato's Republic makes him a "troublemaker of history." Make sure your response contains a full discussion of all the segments we have read and discussed in class: Education; Physical education; Women and the Family.