I feel like everyone in this thread is willfully misunderstanding this article. Her argument is that it's inherently democratic and leveling to teach the human

I feel like everyone in this thread is willfully misunderstanding this article. Her argument is that it's inherently democratic and leveling to teach the humanities to all students. Moreover, the humanities contribute to a stronger democracy, whether it's through the development of empathy, or whether it's in the ability to read an argument and understand the writer's point (such as in this article). And it is the poor students, particular though push into pre-professional degrees, that miss out on this sort of education.