A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning: Liberal Learning Guide (Guides to Major Disciplines)

This is an excellent little book about acquiring an education. It is about searching for the truth and reality and the truth in reality. To paraphrase Mark Twain, we can learn to get an education despite our schooling. Schall tells us how. Although it is directed towards students anyone interested in life-long learning would find this book well worth their time. Throughout the book Schall has scattered delightful lists of important books worth seeking out and reading. This book would be an excellent gift for the new college student. But it would also be a wonderful gift for those who still have the burning desire to learn of the world. This is a great guide and a great place to start.

Contains recommended reading to give oneself a a classic liberal education. It motivates me to read more of the difficult but worthwhile books.

I took away nothing from this short book that would come across irrelevant or unhelpful. It has given clarity to someone who has lived without thinking and sparked the hope for a college kid who wants to better himself. Highly recommended if not just for fun and to see if you could agree him or even surpass him in this entry level philosophical reading. True joy to experience our own ability to read. Great book.

Sent a copy to my son. This little book should be required reading for any high schooler - in fact, for anyone who wants to actually think.

My son received this book as a gift when he was accepted at Georgetown University. I read it, and found it to be quite a "gem". Have purchased several to give as gifts to graduating HS seniors.

If you don't read a book ever, these 50 pages should ignite the spark!Liberal: Liberas: Freedom.

good purchase

The book "How to Read a Book" is often mentioned here in this short book by James V. Schall, as it deals with some of the same issues, issues about discovering things, and 'the truth', for oneself, by the help of good or great books.Schall has clear thoughts on how he wants the reader to understand him, and he delivers three major points in the book:1) Colleges do not teach us the whole thing; the student must use self-learning.2) Build a personal library of great books (The Bible and the Complete Works of Shakespeare are mentioned).3) Reading a book only once is not enough.These points, and the book recommendations given in the book, is probably the essence of "A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning". Those aside, there are some interesting tips and anecdotes, but also the ideas of 'liberal' (or 'free') learning.This type of learning is expressed by Schall as 'How to Get an Education While Still in College'. So, if you are a college student wanting to learn by yourself while still in college, this book can be a useful guide."A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning" is not a book I would have bought if it wasn't recommended; it was recommended because I have bought "How to Read a Book". I recommend that book to anyone who wishes to become a better reader - and this book to anyone who wants to learn while still getting an education.