[ogre_codes]

> It's like I could spell but didn't know the first thing about grammar.

Love this analogy for programming...

It also reminds me that English and Public Speaking are very important skills I picked up in college which are easily neglected in a DIY program.

[ZephyrBlu]

What English skills did you acquire at uni? My English has always been quite good and I don't feel like formally studying English has helped me that much.

Perhaps I've just forgotten about how much I've actually learnt though.

[freehunter]

A lot of people are not good at English, though. Especially public speaking.

[ZephyrBlu]

Yes, definitely. That's why I'm curious about the specifics of what they learned rather than just "English".

[ogre_codes]

My writing has been pretty decent since high school, but I did pick up some public speaking skills in college.

If you have great English/ Public speaking skills this isn't so important. But I know a lot of people have really mediocre communications skills.

[ghaff]

Being on a student newspaper probably gave me some of the most valuable skills that I acquired in school.