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As students , we take classes and participate in activities <br /> that obviously contribute to achieving a set career goal . The <br /> curriculum of an engineer or a business major is almost com- <br /> pletely directed toward landing a particular job. Then there is <br /> Liberal Arts education . Those of us who chose Liberal Arts did <br /> so either because we lacked a clear picture of where we were <br /> headed , or because we desired more to be educated than to be <br /> trained , I chose Liberal Arts for both these reasons . Though <br /> much of my academic work has yielded seemingly useless tools , I <br /> have no doubt that much of it I will need to recall in the future . <br /> I come to this conclusion because most of my work has been in <br /> areas that interest me very much , and these interests I will take <br /> with me wherever I go . There is also the possibility that these <br /> interests will lead me to a future career . <br /> Whether those academic pursuits ever come to fruition in a <br /> formal way through a job or a hobby is probably not as important <br /> as the more general benefits that I have gained from a Liberal <br /> Arts background . As I mentioned previously , I took Liberal Arts <br /> for two reasons , the latter and more important of which was to be <br /> educated . More likely than not the particular details that I ' ve <br /> learned in American Studies classes won ' t be useful in what I ' m <br /> doing careerwise , though the larger more general principles and <br /> skills of a Liberal Arts education will always complement any- <br /> thing I do . Two basic skills in particular I have learned and <br /> that will assist me in whatever I do are interpretation and <br /> communication . <br /> Interpretation of both written documents , including every - <br />