In Class Writing

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