You have to write a lot to acquire good writing skills, and it's not guaranteed to take. Incidentally, I'm told the essay load in a top humanities program is br

You have to write a lot to acquire good writing skills, and it's not guaranteed to take. Incidentally, I'm told the essay load in a top humanities program is brutally higher than what most people see in their undergraduate years. Generally fads in education have to do with parents' anxieties. Not so long ago everyone wanted to be sure their kids got basic computer skills i.e. Microsoft Office, because they were anxious about having to learn this stuff at work.