Why Every Student in America Should Read Henry David Thoreau's "Walden"

Mark Edmundson talks about his new book, "Why Teach? In Defense of a Real Education" with Jeffrey Brown. Edmundson is an English professor at the University of Virginia who argues that higher education has evolved into a place of career training at the expense of being a place where students pursue learning and the meaning of life. He recommends that every student in America read Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" so they can witness the inspiration of a writer who embraced simplicity, poverty and nature.