http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/18/vat...sor/index.html
It's an article about the prof of that playwrighting class.
"Yet, in writing he could communicate. You've seen the plays. They're not good writing. But they are at least a form of communication. And in his responses to the other students' plays, he could be quite articulate. If writing is the only way you can communicate with the wider world, then I guess being an English major makes sense."