Humanities

William Cronon, history scholar and professor at The University of Wisconsin, Madison, stated that “liberally educated people have been liberated by their education to explore and fulfill the promise of their own highest talents.” CRMS English, history, and language departments aspire to "liberate" our students to think, contemplate, and express themselves with a high level of acuity and mastery so that they engage with the greater world and are able to fulfill whatever aspiration they determine to be their highest purpose in life. The humanities at CRMS are often inquiry based, student centered, and tied to the relevant issues that affect us today, even if informed by what occurred in the past. Cronon concludes, “More than anything else, being an educated person means being able to see connections that allow one to make sense of the world and act within it in creative ways. A liberal education is about gaining the power and the wisdom, the generosity and the freedom, to connect.” Students at CRMS will learn, above all, how to connect, with humanity and the landscapes that support and, therefore, inspire us all to become an enlightened and responsible community.

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