Writing is too important, so what is writing?

This is a problem that many people, including some books and even authoritative people, have not made clear, but it is also a big problem that we must make clear and cannot avoid. Law believes that composition is a creative process in which the author expresses his thoughts, feelings and knowledge to readers in various forms with words. It consists of six core elements: author, thought, logic, writing, originality and reader. It is the most important tool to express ideas and communicate in the world, and the most important record carrier of human civilization, history and information. Any individual, organization and society can't express themselves, communicate and record in words without it.

Composition, articles and words are the kings of expression. The tools or ways we human beings use to express and communicate can be summarized as nothing more than language (spoken language), words (including Braille in words), pictures (movies, television, art) and limbs (of people, animals and other things), among which words are the most used and the most important. In addition to daily oral communication, most formal speeches, such as negotiations, speeches, reports, reports, etc. , all need the written support of the article, prepare a written manuscript; Pictures are generally explained and illustrated in words, not to mention TV movies. Almost always have scripts, scripts and other manuscripts, and producers and directors will create and process art on this basis.

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Tsinghua University has set up a compulsory course in writing.

At the beginning of 20 18, Tsinghua University announced that the compulsory course of "Writing and Communication" would be offered to freshmen from 20 18. It is planned to cover all undergraduates in Tsinghua by 2020, and strive to provide writing lessons and guidance for all graduate students. With the development of many universities in China, China University has started a new stage of offering "compulsory writing course".

In fact, foreign universities generally offer writing courses. According to the statistics of 900 universities in the United States released on 20 15, more than 96% universities offer writing courses, and many top universities in the world, such as Harvard, Cambridge, Princeton and Stanford, have set up systematic and complete composition courses. Harvard University even listed writing as the only compulsory course in general education.

Why do universities offer writing courses? On the one hand, it may be that we didn't learn composition well in primary and secondary schools 12, on the other hand, composition is so important that we need to continue studying in universities and graduate students. However, this is also true. Writing ability and level have a direct and profound impact on the study of universities and graduate students. If the composition is not good, you may not be able to write a good paper. Poor thesis writing and failure to graduate will have a negative impact on life.