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Summary: How To Get The Best Out Of College, By Jack Meiland

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Why did all of a sudden beliefs become necessary in college? Beliefs are valuable to live life and are personal. However after reading a chapter from a book called College Thinking: How to Get the Best Out of College, by Jack Meiland, Meiland presented a variety of points discussing the importance of having reasoning to their beliefs and claims. His statements are agreeable and appealing for the reason for being a high school student and soon to be a college student. Meiland reveals that beliefs play a significant role when elaborating the differences between the idea that high school is the basis of authority and college is the basis of reasoning. The extra requirement of being able to critically think and give logic to support their beliefs is what separates high school and college other than the level of difficulty. What is fact in high school is often only theory. (Meiland) Considering that teachers only educate students on the basic facts about the subject; requiring he/she to memorize it …show more content…

As a matter of fact, what is different between high school and college is the requirement of analyzing, collecting evidence, and justifying your belief by critical thinking. Even though every individual has their own set of beliefs, one must be able to explain why that is because it can cause them to question their own beliefs. For this reason college is being identified as subversive because the students find out they do not have reasons to attain those specific beliefs. No matter what beliefs he/she acquire they should have strong reasons to support their position to develop an understanding for not only those who have different perspectives but also to understand it for themselves. Hopefully next time they are asked to state their beliefs, they will state their reasons as

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