"Learning as Freedom" precis

In “Learning as Freedom” –an article on September 5, 2012 in The New York Times- Michael Roth argues that contrary to the “customized playlist of knowledge” of predesigned systems of education that condenses students to one limited field, higher education should act as a doorway to expand our knowledge, skills, and individuality in order for each person to choose his or her own educational path and grow his or her own sense of significance. Roth supports this claim by using multiple rhetorical modes, defending his argument and using different point of views, for example philosopher John Dewey’s point of view. Roth’s purpose is to remind the reader of John Dewey’s insight where education should be like a democracy because “learning in the process of living is the deepest form of freedom”. Education should not just be limited to schooling, it should continue on for the rest of our lives.