Re: Skills

[Candace Bamber <cbamber -at- CASTEK -dot- COM>]

Regarding Eric's question:

>Or, phrased differently, if you could mandate a single
> course/class/training session/on the job experience
> for your co-workers or employees (as the case might be),
> what would it be? Editing 101? Rereading Strunk and White
> 5 times fast? Three years in customer service? Computer
> tech support for your product? Computer tech support
> for Frame?

Personally, I learned more about writing in general and
technical communication in particular when I was
TEACHING first year english (Composition and Literature, and Business
and Technical Communication) than I ever did as a student in any class or
course, or in any other "on the job" experience (I had about 4 years
experience as a TC went I started my Masters.).
I had to figure out how it  REALLY
worked and what I really knew and didn't know so I could explain it to
others.
Students (rightly) won't accept
"it doesn't sound right" or "your analysis isn't detailed enough" as
reasons for taking off marks.


Candace
cbamber -at- castek -dot- com
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