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Essay / Finding the Meaning of Life - 694
"Students at our best universities believe in nothing, and these universities do nothing about it..."-- Allan BloomThe function of the university, according to Bloom , is to remind students of the importance and urgency of the question and to give them the means to pursue it. Instead, universities teach us that there is no absolute right or wrong, nor right or wrong. There are no absolute answers in today's society. On the contrary, everything is relative; in relation to culture, religion, geography and time. Thus, we have tolerance, for everything and for 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 subject. Universities should help students clarify this question of the meaning of life. There is no specific way for a teacher to teach a student the meaning of life. The definition is different for everyone. However, teachers have the ability to guide students in the search for meaning in their own lives. Unfortunately, many adolescents have already lost ...