Dawn ,'Selfless'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Please, for the love of god, make science majors take writing courses. And research& analysis skills are research& analysis skills, no matter the topic ( and if an unfamiliar topic, keeps you from using your field as a crutch.)
(Yeah, I got a physics and polisci double, but that damn art history requirement stretched my rhetoric game & certainly gave me more feminist powder.and it wasn't even a feminist oriented class.)
Flight home attempt #2. I am SO ready to be a hermit. The last two days at my dad's have been stressful. The meds thing, the lack of privacy thing, the wanting MY bed thing, missing my coworkers, my shower, my car...I am beyond cranky.
Please, for the love of god, make science majors take writing courses.
See also: Engineers
Yes.
I had to scan /read every goddamned paper published on Hubble data from 1990 until...2000? 2003? Can't quite recall. Anyway, gave me so much damned judginess. Astro is damned small, and I'm sure I've given authors stinkeyes in person.
Please, for the love of god, make science majors take writing courses.
See also: Engineers
God yes.
signed,
Hapless Editor
Is anyone suggesting to this friend that she might look at local community colleges for cheaper ways to get the credits, or at least the lower-division stuff?
Yes, at least that was suggested. I tried to point out that if she only wanted to train for a job there are trade schools. If she wants a university degree it means a well rounded education. I think in a few years she will understand why it was important.
Another editor co-signing the plea for engineers and scientists to take writing courses.
Another editor co-signing the plea for engineers and scientists to take writing courses.
How about a class called "Editors: Not Your Slaves, Not Your Enemies"?
Honor thy Copy Editor, who can make drunken scribbling into faultless byline-worthy prose in just one afternoon.
Everybody should take writing courses! Just basic grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling for communication. I got a business email the other day in which someone said she would "defiantly let you know" when something was going to happen.