"Not a problem, then. You'll be working for the women who do find them valuable. The ones who can write a decent report or memo. The ones who have some idea of what makes folks tick when they make decisions. The ones who understand that literature pretty much covers every aspect of human behavior."
I don't care how well written someone is, if the content is sh*t! Look at the "well written articles" in NYT, and WP. Very well composed, but they say NOTHING. Then read some of the blogs posted by our fighting men and women. Misspellings, dangling participles, over use of gerunds, etc., but so rich in content.
It was not our superiority in literature that made us a super power.
The Oprahfication of our nation will be our downfall.
Well, I agree with your statement but not your conclusion. Writing skills are key to success in virtually any field, engineering and CS included. Also, learning how to write well is a form of mental discipline that broadens the mind wondrously.
And it's not that hard. We had a HS exchange student living with us last year. Of course, English was not his first language; so he started as a considerably below average writer. I worked with him for about a week on one ten page essay applying simple rules--no passive tense, short sentances etc.--back-and-forth many times. By the end of that week, he was a much better than average writer.
To reverse your statement, it doesn't matter if you have great ideas if you cannot communicate them.
Right on fightnback!
Young men of today are fighting back in the same way you and I came out--by going out into the world and making a life for themselves. We did not need a Hillary Clinton and her suffocating village to see the world with our own eyes and make our own tracks. Anyone, today, who relies on the so-called pundits for reliable information about any matter after witnessing the MSM debacle over Katrina ain't going very far. Who are these self-appointed and probably delusional busy-bodies who think they and their cronies are needed by the next generation of independent, rational males to pave a way for their entry into the world?