The Importance of Academic Writing

I think that every degree is an English degree at root except mathematics, because it's kind of a matter of how well you can express yourself and write clearly. That'll kind of get you to endure most exams and essays. I was kind of just taking for granted the covenant. It seemed to have spun up these closed systems where how many angels can dance on the head of a pin arguments. The essence of an education is to help all of us think more clearly act more clearly, synthesize ideas better. This is everywhere. A lot of these departments and not just English by the way, it's not just the humanity.

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