In Class Assigment

Many of us foolishly object to taking courses in writing. Our notion that only poets and novelists have to write is unrealistic. Students going into the technical or scientific fields, may think that writing is something they seldom have to do, but practicing engineers and scientists say they spend half of their time writing memos and reports. College students going into business think their secretaries will do their writing for them, yet young business people seldom have private secretaries. This attitude shows a naive faith in the competency of their secretaries. Other things being equal, a person in any field who can express ideas clearly is sure to succeed.