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Subject:Re: High School Technical Writing From:Julie Comstock-Fisher <julief -at- PDAINC -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 4 Dec 1998 10:57:14 -0600
On Thursday, December 03, 1998 6:04 PM, Lenore Weiss
[SMTP:Lenore_Weiss -at- WINK -dot- COM] wrote:
> Please:
> For a moment, think like a high school student. What would you want to
> know?
> Add your ideas? Suggest other approaches?
High school wasn't *that* long ago.
-Can I meet somebody at a technical writing job
that I might like to date?
-What kind of money will I make?
-Is it fun?
-Would I have to diagram sentences?
That last item, btw, is a real live question from a 14-year-old future tech
writer.