The Importance Of Transformative Education

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I would like to believe that transformative education is all around us, we draw inspiration from what we hear, think, see and feel. Transformative education may happen at work, school or home, it's what happens at that moment that moves us to better ourselves and the ones around us intellectually. "Stay a little" (Frank Bruni) College's Priceless Value: Higher Education, Liberal Arts and Shakespeare. This quote is the beginning of Bruni's transformation, taken from King Lear's plea to his daughter Cordelia. He goes on to say "It transformed all my reading from then on". It was at this moment while in a classroom that Bruni was transformed by this quote read out loud by Anne Hall that would forever change him. Most often times it's not the big moments in life but the small ones that help to mold and define who we are and what we believe in. Some of us are born already knowing what path and purpose we will follow while others seek for rhyme and reason that will elevate them to where they want to be. I am one such person, education has been a journey for me, one that I hope has a pleasant and successful ending. …show more content…

I have gone back and forth on several career choices but never really dedicating myself to just one. Which makes me ask myself; what am I looking for, what do I want from a career? This has long since been my dilemma and not having any eureka moments meant more stress on what my career should be. I've later come to realize that my transformative education had happened, I just hadn't put two and two together. My transformative education took place while interning at Walt Disney World in

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