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Article: CLASSIC COMMUNICATION.
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- Communication World
- Article date:
- August 1, 2001
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REMEMBER THE CLASSICS of literature and philosophy that you read in your high school and college humanities courses? Remember thinking: Why do I need to know this stuff? I'm reminded of this scenario every fall when as a college professor I meet a new class of freshmen who ask the same thing about the courses they must take in the liberal arts core curriculum of the college. They ask me: "How is this archaic stuff gonna help me in my communication program?" As I prepare to teach another group of freshmen, I've been thinking about an answer to that question.
Robert Fulghum is renowned for his book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." In a similar ...