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Subject:RE: Tech writing course in vo-tech curriculum From:"Secara, Maggie" <Maggie -dot- Secara -at- indymacbank -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:09:01 -0800
LOL, I came into this profession sideways, too, but I've been writing since
I was a little girl. My dad was a tech writer (who started out as a science
teacher. So I did have a clue.
What kicked off the thought, though, was these same wannabe techwriters
expecting you to not only teach them about TW tools and methods, but how to
spell, punctuate, and in fact write a simple declarative sentence. What a
world. :-)
Maggie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan W. Gallagher [mailto:SGallagher -at- akonix -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 2:57 PM
> To: 'Secara, Maggie'; TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: Tech writing course in vo-tech curriculum
>
>
> I think it's more noticeable when times are tough; but it always
> annoys me. *Not* that I'm opposed to someone entering tech writing
> from the back door; I did so myself. But, yes, it often seems as
> if writing is what to do if you don't know what to do.
>
> This vo-tech thing doesn't strike me that way, tho, Maggie --
> well, other than the online help bit and I'm thinking "what
> the heck are auto mechanics and shop workers gonna do with
> Robohelp???" But even then, I suppose the modern meaning of
> vo-tech is more all-encompassing than it was 500 years ago
> when I was in school and all the vo-tech kids wore ducktail
> haircuts and rolled their cigarette packs up into their tee
> shirt sleeves.
>
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