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Andreas Ramos writes
|} On an aside, it strikes me as curious that there are now classes in
|} becoming a techwriter. I guess this is like classes in becoming a
|} novelist. How would one teach fascination with technology or skill at
|} writing (i.e. be able to talk about something very complicated
|} in a down-to-earth way)?
I would suppose that the teaching of technical writing at the college
level is much like teaching any other topic. You take a group of people
with a predisposition towards the profession (I don't know about anyone
else, but I _chose_ my major) and then you refine and hone the skills
and educate the talent.
I can't say that Dr. Judith Kaufman of Eastern Washington University made
me a technical writer, but I know for certain that she made me a better
one.
Cheers,
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