[nabs-l] Writing Skills

[Deb Mendelsohn]

Hi bill thank you so much I do have a Book Share account.  I whole
heartedly agree with you.
Written communication is very very important.  Not only does it express our
ideas it also gives information to others.
Deb
 On Jul 14, 2012 10:38 AM, "Grussenmeyer, William Daniel" <
wdg22 at saclink.csus.edu> wrote:

> I completely disagree.  English is not an important subject.  In fact
> there should be no degrees in it and the departments should be cut back to
> doing what is in fact most important -- communicaiton through writing.
>  This is the only point of writing -- communication, and these universities
> not only do not focus on that aspect but are extremely prejudiced against
> communication skills and all social skills in general.  Communication
> through writing is a social skill.  Colleges professors consider studying
> more important than social skills and they most of the time lack these.
>   I had to ignore most of what was taught to me at UC-Davis which is
> supposed to be a top university, but when it comes to English classes they
> spend most of the time teaching you intellectually obtuse, obtuse, and
> unimportant concepts.
>   In conclusion, communication through writing is good and should be
> taught while English is a waste of time along with communication major
> which teaches a lot of similar useless pretentious concepts and quote
> archaic philosophers.
>   And don't even get me started on the evils of teaching morality in
> English classes.  English class Morality teaches you to write what other
> people want you to write to make them happy and not hurt them instead of
> teaching you what is far more important:  write what is courageous, saying
> what you really want to write and expressing it powerfully.
>
> Anyway, read the Writing with Style book, you can find it on bookshare.org.
>  It teaches you practical and effective communication in writing and throws
> out all that useless pretenious conceptual waste of time.
>
> --Bill
>   ________________________________________
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of
> Brandon Keith Biggs [brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 8:20 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Writing Skills
>
> Hello,
> I found my English classes quite extensive, they had no multiple choice
> questions.
> I went to a community college and did their honors English, so that
> probably
> made a difference, but I am a little sad that only 2 English classes are
> required when English is such an important subject. Being a community
> college graduate I was told that the classes I took at the community
> college
> were much more extensive and challenging than I would get in the lower
> division classes at a 4 year college.
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deb Mendelsohn
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 6:06 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] Writing Skills
>
> Hi all,
> Let me rephrase my query:  I'm wondering how an individual, as myself, can
> graduate with a BA 3.46gpa and have poor writing skills?  Is it the
> educational system or a lack of experience on my end?
> Thank you.
> Deb
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