in class 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. Our notion that only poets and novelists have to write is unrealistic and many of us foolishly object to taking courses in writing. Students going into the technical or scientific fields may think that writing is something they seldom have to do, but young business people seldom have private secretaries. Practicing engineers and scientists say they spend half of their time writing memos and reports. Other things being equal, a person in any field who can express ideas clearly is sure to succeed.


1. I don't think that you should go out with him. I heard that he doesn't have a job and that he just broke up with his long-term girlfriend. Without a job he won't have money and won't be able to take you on a proper date. Also, he must have done something wrong if she broke up with him or he may no longer want to be in a relationship with anyone.
2.Race is still an important consideration in American politics today. I recently heard President Bush speak about hate crimes in schools. He addressed the students about being more accepting of their fellow classmates.This shows that it is still affecting students in today's society even though we have come a great distance from segregation. Something needs to be done to reverse the idea of racism against any one race.
3.Argumentative essays are ment to show the authors views and opinions and sway thereader to the side the author has taken. In such an essay you must take one side and provide adequate information to change the position of the reader. My essay took an obvious side by listing why capitol punishment should be abolished. Capitol punishment should be abolished because it goes against our constitutional rights as Americans.
4. Reading "How to Say Nothing in Five Hundred Words," by Paul Roberts, was almost like sitting down and listening to a lecture. It was long and hard to follow and it frequently lost my attention. There was tons of great and useful information, but I had nothing to relate it to. I couldn't find a way to use the information to help me with my paper, so the book was useless for this particular assigment.