RE: Education (Was Re: Techwriting After the Boom)

[Martha J Davidson <editrix -at- nemasys -dot- com>]

My first response to this question was the Logic class I took freshman year 
of college. In learning symbolic logic, I honed my sense of the precision 
of language. I still notice the contradiction in comments like one I used 
to hear from Amtrak conductors, "At the next station, all doors will not 
open." And knowing logic was influential in my getting my current job.

My second thought was the typing class I took in 10th grade. I didn't like 
it much at the time, especially getting my fingers stuck between the keys 
of those old klunky manual Underwoods, but I've never regretted it.

And my list would not be complete without acknowledging the 3 P's, my 
English teachers in junior high school: Mrs. Pace, Mrs. Porter, and Mrs. 
Pfetsch (whose name I still remember how to spell). I learned more about 
English grammar from them than anywhere since then.

Most of the rest of what I consider the key tools of my trade, I learned on 
the job over the years.


--
Martha Jane {Kolman | Davidson}
Dances With Words
editrix -at- nemasys -dot- com

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler."
        --Albert Einstein 



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