IUF 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bernie Machen, Peter Drucker, Aerospace Engineering
9 Sep 2016
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Bernie machen speech: what is the purpose of college. He desires that the good life provide diverse students a common setting to discuss ideas. Says that while t. he purpose of college is to ultimately find a meaningful career, it is also a place to exchange ideas, question the world, discover oneself. College is the best place to explore who you are, your purpose in life: 2. College is the best place to begin one"s career: 3. College is the best time to think beyond one"s own life and career and think about contributing to the larger world as a whole: overall: self discovery, career, making a contribution, ex. Tolkien self discovered while taking finnish at oxford, led to his love of languages that would be important to the hobbit . Ex. nazeeh, switched from engineering major, to theatre after taking theatre appreciation class: decisions we should make, 1. Take classes having nothing to do with our backgrounds or majors: 2.
