> up to the task of writing a five paragraph essay without major stress I'm in my late 30s and I wouldn't compose a "five paragraph essay" if my life depended

> up to the task of writing a five paragraph essay without major stress I'm in my late 30s and I wouldn't compose a "five paragraph essay" if my life depended on it. Yet still (at least in my time) we were not taught what I call basic writing skills: * how to write or respond to a friend/family/boss letter. * how to structure sentences so they easily express what you mean. * how to format text so it's easy to read. I write and read lots of emails nowadays and it's quite "amazing" that people fall into two categories: they either use 100 words to express basic ideas or they do the opposite, write 3 words sentences that need 3 follow-up emails to get right. And don't get me started on text formatting... People can't seem to express ideas without bold, colors, custom bulleted lists and emoji.