Two of the most painful experiences in my life (ok- slight exaggeration) came in engineering school. One was watching the first time we were asked to make power

Two of the most painful experiences in my life (ok- slight exaggeration) came in engineering school. One was watching the first time we were asked to make powerpoint presentations (they were transparencies, actually, but same diff). The other was reading the first papers we wrote in our "writing for engineers" class. In both cases, sitting there and watching was excruciating in that "holy crap this is awful, just make it stop for the sake of the poor guy" kind of way. But you know what? Some of us got better at it - the ones who made an effort. This made me realize that we do not force enough liberal arts on engineers in school. In fact, I was prohibited from taking many art classes - I got no credit towards my degree for them because they were perceived as "soft". That is crazy.