Arts and Education

The Four Arts of Freedom In Wayne C. Booth’s essay “What’s Supposed to Be Going on Here?” he directly challenges what we consider to be a liberal education and proposes a solution based on revamping the “three r’s”. This long-winded look at the mental ignorance of people today offers several interesting insights, as well as Booth’s critique of his own proposed solution. Although he admits to having a flawed solution, he …showed first 75 words of 881 total…

…showed last 75 words of 881 total…taught now, it would still be very difficult to realize if one was in fact being misled. While there were other complications with Booth’s solution, he does not believe that any of these would effect or invalidate his initial plan. He believes that within his “four arts of freedom” (64) solution lays the path to true freedom- whether it is spiritual, mental or physical. His suggestions, he believes, would truly make our ‘liberal education’ liberal.