"Students at our best universities believe in nothing, and those universities do nothing about it..."-- Allan BloomThe function of the university, according to Bloom, is to remember students the importance and urgency of the issue and give them the means to pursue it. Instead, universities teach us that there is no absolute right or wrong, just or unjust. There are no absolute answers in today's society. Rather, everything is relative; with respect to culture, religion, geography and time. So we have tolerance, for everything and everyone. The meaning of life is certainly unclear, but I believe that is why we must spend our lives clarifying it rather than simply avoiding the topic. Universities should help students clarify what the meaning of life is. There is no specific way a professor can teach a student the meaning of life. The definition is different for everyone. However, professors have the ability to guide students in finding their own meaning in life. Unfortunately, many teenagers have already lost ...
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