Dehumanized By Mark Slouka Summary

“Dehumanized” and the Humanities (September 9) In “Dehumanized,” Mark Slouka argues that children’s education has become an instrument of production in math and science that will in result benefit the economy. Slouka believes that courses in the humanities are important in children and young adult’s education because it will create a foundation for the democratic society. As a business major, I believe that math and science are the subjects that will create more prosperity for our economy in the long run, but the humanities should be looked at as equally important. The humanities are extremely important for college level students to learn, but young children as well because it creates the foundation for who each person is as an individual.

Children should be learning more in the humanities while still learning about math and science and all the other core subjects, but knowing certain topics is not what defines us as human beings. The way we treat and accept one another is how we are going to be remembered at the end of the day and not if we could solve a math problem or not. The humanities are crucial in our lives and deserve more attention not only in education but in simple everyday interactions with people. Although I have learned a great deal in this course about the literature that was required, the ideas and themes in them are what showed how important humanities are in our society and how they create

Achilles stayed true to who he truly was and only did what he believed was morally right in his own eyes rather than the Kings. I also liked how Achilles felt the need to seek revenge, by Killing Hector, for his friend Patroclus after he was killed. By Achilles seeking the revenge, it showed the kind of character he was, a loyal, fierce, but caring warrior that would do anything for the people he cared for. I felt that Achilles was brave for being so resilient towards Agamemnon and doing what he thought was right for himself and those who he cared