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In the fall semester I'll be teaching technical writing
in a computer lab for the first time. The students will
be mostly undergraduates wanting to become professional
writers and editors. Their writing skills vary greatly,
from some who are great writers to some who can't recognize
a sentence fragment from a graphic. As professionals,
what would you all say are the top skills I should push in
this class?
Any and all help will be *greatly*!! appreciated. Thanks!
Lynn Beene email: lbeene -at- unm -dot- edu
B & F Writers Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123
Is it not, then, better to be ridiculous and friendly than clever and hostile?
--Socrates
