The most important thing I learned at the University of Florida is that a Ph.D. and writing papers is very important in the United States.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We want Florida to be first for jobs, and we must have a skilled workforce to reach that goal. By investing in science, technology, engineering and math education, we are ensuring our students are prepared for the jobs of the future. Our teachers are essential to preparing our students.
I grew up in Florida and went to school there, and ended up going to University of Central Florida.
Writing is incredibly important to me as a way of handling the world, understanding how it works.
I have grown in my writing and I care about it now and I know how important it is to write stuff.
There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives.
My education and background thoroughly inform my writing.
I didn't study writing. I didn't write anything substantial until I got to California.
I'm of the school 'Write what you know.' You can educate yourself, but the best writing usually comes from the heart.
If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.
I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.