Chapter 4, Analyzing Concepts

"Have it Your Way": Consumerism Invades Education
Simon Benlow

EXPLORING IDEAS
1. The important distinction that Benlow makes between "students" and "consumers" is that students go to school to learn and work, but consumers are those who are after the least work possible.

IDEAS FOR WRITING
1. The term that is defined, or thought of, incorrectly is "student" which is often replaced with "customer".

I chose this essay because it interested me and i agree with the author. I agree that in college education, students are experiencing more and more conveniences.
Today, it is a consumerist world. We can have it our way more than not. when we go to a restaraunt, we can chose to alternate our meals however we want. When we go to a store, "the customer is always right". Businesses are doing whatever it takes to draw in more and more customers. The way they are doing this is by making the most efficiant or conveniant business or product. They want the customer to not have to do it themselves-- they will do it for them. They want the customer to experience as least work as possible. Since college students pay large amounts of money to go to college, this may be what is happening them.
When people think about going to college, many of them are thinking that it will just be another great thing that can have for a price of money. They think that they will pay the tuition, buy the books, and experience the stimulation of what they most desire. It really isn't like this at all. They should be going for an education not an experience.