Re:The Underworked American Child
by dagw on Sunday June 14, 2009 @11:34AM
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>The smartest scientist in the world probably don't need >English Literature 101
I very much disagree. My degree is in mathematics and my day job is programming, yet by far the most useful course I took in high school was English lit.
Being able to critically read a text, understand and analyze it and write a well structured and well reasoned response in reasonably competent English is easily the most useful thing i learned in high school.
Far too many times have I (tried to) read papers by probably very smart people only to be completely bogged down in horrible structure, dire grammar and and badly constructed arguments that as written are logically flawed. I can't help but to think that these scientist would have been far better off if they'd paid more attention in English class.
I very much disagree. My degree is in mathematics and my day job is programming, yet by far the most useful course I took in high school was English lit.
Being able to critically read a text, understand and analyze it and write a well structured and well reasoned response in reasonably competent English is easily the most useful thing i learned in high school.
Far too many times have I (tried to) read papers by probably very smart people only to be completely bogged down in horrible structure, dire grammar and and badly constructed arguments that as written are logically flawed. I can't help but to think that these scientist would have been far better off if they'd paid more attention in English class.