Caroline Watson As A Public Intellectual Child

‘Public intellectual’ is a title earned by the opinion of others (Hitchens, 2008, p. 1). It is use to refer to someone who is often trained in a particular discipline, who is on the faculty of a college or university, committed not simply to a professions or private domain but to a public world (Jacoby, 1987; Gatlin, 2006). It is also use to describe those who offer social critique to encourage action for social aims and those who educate young people in a way that allows them to develop and understand their responsibility to others, learn how to govern and respect for civic life (Abascal-Hildebrand, 1999; Giroux, 2012). These definition best described my former college teacher, called Mrs Caroline Hampton. In this essay, I intend to write a case study about this teacher and demonstrate why I consider her as a public intellectual. The conclusion summarises the significance aspects of her being a public

For instance, she instructs pupils how to care for ealderly people, those with disabilities or special educational needs, and young children as she believes that these people are vulnerable and they are in need for physical care, and emotional support. Due to this practice, it could be argued that she promotes young people’s understanding of their responsibilities to others, which then encourages them to learn to respect others especially elderly people, tolerate individuals differences, ‘learn to respect the laws, codes and convention’ that are in place to protect these vunerable people (Blunkett, 2001,p. 17; Giroux, 2012). In addition, according to Blunkett (2001), teaching young people’s responsibilities of others is not simply because it is useful to do so, however, it is a process that promote common