“When making the case for liberal education to low-income students and families, I often point out that there is a long tradition of steering working-class students toward an education in servitude, an education in obedience and docility, an education in not asking questions. The idea that liberal education is only for the already privileged, for the pampered elite, is a way of carrying on this odious tradition. It is a way of putting liberal education out of the reach of the people who would most benefit from it—precisely the people who have historically been denied the tools of political agency. I ask them to take a look at who sends their children to liberal arts colleges and at what liberal arts college graduates go on to do with their “useless” education.” EducationWorking ClassLow IncomeLiberal ArtsLiberal Education Book:Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation Source: Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation