The Education We Forgot to Value

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

When I think about what a well-rounded education used to mean, I think about freedom. The word liberal comes from liberalis, meaning “free person.” That’s what a liberal arts education was supposed to do. It was meant to make you free. Free in thought. Free in judgment. Free in how you see the world and your place in it.

It wasn’t designed to train you f…