Analysis Of 'In Defense Of Elitism'

In Defense of Elitism Elitism is the behavior of a person or group who see them as superior to the rest of the society in being able to do something. In Defense of Elitism by William A. Henry III it was an interesting short story to read. This short story was very eye opening to me because I am living exactly what In Defense of Elitism is talking about I could say many students in community college are as well. When leaving high school everyone is faced with the option of getting a part time job and going to college whether it is a two-year or a four year or, getting a full time job making the best money you can to make a living. The question is what will be worth doing to make your life better in the future. I work a part time job (graveyard)

William III had said in this short story, “As a society we consider it cruel not to give them every chance at success. It may be more cruel to let them go on fooling themselves.” This quote was quite interesting because I actually feel like I am getting fooling by trying to contain things I wouldn’t even teach to a child in elementary I am stressing over things I wont even use in the future. For example in biology class I have to learn the parts of the microscope by memory and for what? I wont remember everything I have learned by next week. I am not saying teach me only things an elementary student needs to know. I am just saying do I really need to stress over something that is much more simple? School is supposed to be challenging but I think only to an extent, as of right now I am stressing about ready to give up but really I can never give up until it is

William III? I do and don’t I cannot just pick either or. That’s like saying are you a democrat or a republican, it juts all depends on what we are talking about exactly. I can say yes college is worth the stress in the end just like a run I don’t want to do it but there are a lot of pros to going on that run. Henry A. William III would like to make his point that we are learning as much knowledge in school compared to what he learned in school. Different times calls for different measures I say. School might be dumbed down but we are all still struggling in the end, I may not be in a calculus call but I am still struggling in my economics class. “If higher education serves primarily as a sorting mechanism, that might help explain another disturbing development: the tendency of many college graduates to take jobs that don’t require college degrees.” said John Cassidy in “What’s the Real Value of Higher Education?” What if this happens to me and I don’t even use my degree to become a teacher? Was it all a total waste of time? I hope not. I don’t care about the money like I said before I care about the work I will be doing. And I only hope that there will be a job for me when I am out there with my bachelors’ degree waving it around for schools to recognize that I went to school to work. Last I will leave with a quote “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, published earlier this year by the University of Chicago Press, found that