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A liberal arts education gives you an advantage over other engineers. "You mean this guy can actually read and write?" Especially true if the business ever ne
by thejteam 14y ago
A liberal arts education gives you an advantage over other engineers. "You mean this guy can actually read and write?"
Especially true if the business ever needs to write a technical proposal to win a contract. Very important to have engineers who can read and write then.
- jeltz 14y agoMost liberal arts educations are a quite inefficient way to teach people to write. Many who leave such educations are not that much better off than when they started.
- mindcrime 14y agoA liberal arts education gives you an advantage over other engineers. "You mean this guy can actually read and write?" There are a couple of questionable assumptions baked into that statement, IMO. First, that a "liberal arts education" (by which I assume you mean earning a 4 year degree from a liberal arts university) definitely means you will come out able to read and write to a superior degree. Maybe if you major in English or Philosophy, otherwise, I wouldn't take that as a given. Also, there seems to be an implicit assumption that the only way to gain a solid grasp of reading and writing well is through a liberal arts education (again, I'm assuming you mean a formal liberal arts education). I'm not sure I buy that. The best way to learn to write, IMO, is to write a lot, read a lot, and solicit feedback on your writing. None of that requires a formal liberal arts education. Now if you aren't necessarily referring to formal / university education, then we probably don't disagree. I certainly agree with the point that having solid reading and writing skills is a valuable thing!