Reading Response 2 Essay

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Anna Reagan
Ms. Zaglewski
English 1102
17 February 2014
“Education, Democracy, and the Life worth Living,” by Mark Kingwell Mark Kingwell is the author of “Education, Democracy, and the Life worth Living” (2012), which argues that higher education should not be achieved just to obtain a better job or career path, but should be sought to broaden a student’s knowledge and intellectual capabilities. Kingwell develops his thesis by using examples of conversations with others who did not share his opinion, and also by using statistics that were taken on students on this subject. This author’s intent in this writing is to educate the reader on why a student should attend college in order to change how one perceives an education. The primary audience would be students who are currently attending college; however, parents of students and teachers would be the secondary audience in this reading. I did not understand this reading because of how many times the writer would change subjects or would go off topic. Also I was confused on how one’s thought process about education had to do with the democratic view that the author was portraying. I did not much enjoy the article, although I do agree with Kingwell in that a higher understanding should be the main reason to attend college. However, I disagree the idea that students should go to college to obtain more knowledge, because in order to have a specific degree, one must know what career path that he wants to take. Kingwell was