Practicing engineers and scientists say they spend half of their time writing memos and reports. This attitude shows a naive faith in the competency of their secretaries.
College students going into business think their secretaries will do their writing for them.
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.
Young business people seldom have private secretaries.
Our notion that only poets and novelists have to write is unrealistic.
Other things being equal, a person in any field who can express ideas clearly is sure to succeed.

Today in society we have developed an unrealistic notion that only poets and novelists use writing in their professions. Many students go into the technical or secientific fields thinking that it will involve little writing, however engineers and scientists claim to spend half of their time writing memos and reports. Many business students foolishly object to taking writing courses, thinking that their secretaries will do the writing for them. What they may not realize is young people going into the field of business seldom have secretaries. This attitude also shows a naive faith in the compentency of their secretaries. Reguardless of your petricular field of work, one that can express their ideas clearly is sure to succeed.