What Corporate America Can't Build: A Sentence

After reading this article, I was shocked. It really surprises me that corporate America can't build a sentence. When you get a job out of college you are stepping into the real world. You should always be formal in your emails. I think I know what the problem is. When people write in emails, the program doesn't catch your mistakes; spelling, commas, capitalizations etc. I know this is the same for when I write blogs. I always write them in my word document and than copy and paste them to my blog. I think workers should write in a word document first. It will help lessen the mistakes. Today we are used to AIM language so we will throw in a "u" or "ur" or "wat". The list goes on.

Besides the spelling errors, the way people talk to their bosses is unacceptable. You should always speak formally to any one above you. It is just rude. In Japan you have different words when you speak to someone above you or below you. For example, " I will write this letter for you" can be said in two different ways; for someone above you, some one the same level as you, and some one below you. I guess they don’t have different words for different people so it is different, but being raised in a Japanese family with different formal words it really makes me mad when employees talk informally to their bosses. This would never be accepted in a Japanese culture.

I also think there is so much money being spent to re-teach employees how to write. It is just stupid. The reason why we go to college is to get a good education. Obviously we may not remember how to do calculus equations, but we should at least know how to build a proper sentence. Businesses should not have to pay to train their employees. Employees should come on to the job with a good education, knowing how to write.

This makes me nervous that people are noticing that employees don't know how to write. I have always wanted to be a broad caster on TV but the reason why I didn't do that is because I don't like to write. The reason why is that I don't think I’m a good writer. If I was a good writer I would love writing! Anyway my point is that I decided business would be a better major for me because I am really good at math. This way I thought I could avoid writing anything. But I guess there will always be writing in any type of job. I know I will be fine writing emails to other people but if some one tells me to write a paper, I wont be to happy. I hope my writing does not affect the job I get in the future!