Student at Harvard markets our philosophy

A_Persona
Sun, 31 May 2009 23:45:58 +0000

Isn’t this suggestion more similar to St. John’s College “Great Books” curriculum or UChicago’s similar program? Then again, it may have had roots in Columbia’s core. It’s really difficult to tell from just this article.

Honestly, I don’t think Harvard students are being cheated out of anything. If they want to take courses about Shakespeare or Sartre, they’re free to do so. The whole point is that they don’t have to. I have discovered that by the time I reached college, I knew the so-called western canon very well. I was, however, largely unfamiliar Middle Eastern and Asian literature. Another student may have been in exactly the opposite situation. Students have different needs and their choices of colleges and classes reflect those needs. Just my two cents.