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That's spooky: in the last week, _my_ six year old has taken to drawing
pictures of things and labelling all the salient features, complete with
callouts. So far we've had a person and a wine bottle (I thought the callout
pointing to the base of the bottle labelled "lump of glars" was particularly
sweet).
I've no idea where she got the idea -- certainly nothing I've consciously
said to her.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lutey Amanda L [mailto:LuteyAmandaL -at- JohnDeere -dot- com]
> Sent: 04 April 2002 22:33
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Tech Writing: The Next Generation
>
> A few weeks ago, there was a thread about second generation technical
> writers.
> Last night, my six year old son put together a "contraption"
> (a box, cup,
> his GI Joe helmet, tiny toy soldiers, and a bamboo spear ).
> When he was
> done, he asked for a blank piece of paper. Twenty minutes
> later he presented
> me with his "instructions" for putting together his contraption.
>
> Tak cup
> Poot cup on the box
> etc...
>
> He even drew illustrations. He was very proud of himself, and when I
> reminded him that writing instructions is what Mom does at
> work, he smugly
> said "I know".
>
> > -Amanda
> > Amanda L. Lutey
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