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------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:09:15 -0700 From: Jim Brown <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Tech Writing To: [hidden email] Message-ID: <[hidden email]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 6/29/2011 8:23 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > The best writing always comes from personal experience Yes, and MOST IMPORTANT -- any good writing must TELL A STORY in language that the reader understands. If it doesn't do that, it won't be effective. 73, Jim K9YC 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [hidden email] ====================================== ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Dave,
The reason they told you to write for a Grade 7 educational level was probably because they heard about some of the students my dad dealt with when he was a junior level radio instructor in the Coast Guard in WWII. From his description it sounded like he was teaching a basic "shop" (tool usage) class at the time. Being a Minnesota farm boy, dad assumed that everybody knew what screwdrivers, pliers, etc. were and initially started out apologizing for having to go through all the "basics.". However, he quickly found out that a lot of the "city boys" had no idea which end of a screwdriver to hold. One incident he particularly liked to chuckle about was a fellow who was having difficulty cutting a piece of metal with a hacksaw. The fellow was giving the saw a workout ("had the blade red hot") but wasn't getting anywhere. The fellow was amazed at how much better the saw worked when the blade was flipped over so the teeth were pointing down into the work instead of up (yep, he had the blade _upside down_).... 73, Al On Wed June 29 2011 11:33:57 pm Dave KK7SS wrote: > An Operations Manual group I wrote for a US Army Project was rejected with > instructions that it was to be written to a Grade 7 education level! > Including pictures, for example, of which way to turn a screwdriver to > remove or insert a screw - and which end to use! > > I kid you not! > > -- > Dave G KK7SS > Richland, WA > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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On 6/30/2011 5:56 PM, Al Gulseth wrote:
> Being a Minnesota farm boy, dad assumed that everybody knew what > screwdrivers, pliers, etc. were and initially started out > apologizing for having to go through all the "basics.". However, > he quickly found out that a lot of the "city boys" had no idea > which end of a screwdriver to hold. My dad was a "city boy", an accountant, yet in the hall coat closet he had a toolbox with hand tools. I, too, am a "city boy" and I learned to use them all before I was 12 years old. All of my friends did too. My son is a "city boy" and was a first class bicycle mechanic by that age. Different pokes for different strokes. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Al,
I believe the Grade 7 educational level is "standard" for tech writing. I recall that when I was at IBM evaluating tech documents, that was the level they were written for. It seems as though a technician educated in his field is not expected to be able to comprehend the English language beyond the 7th grade level. Doesn't that speak wonders for the goals of our education system!! In my engineering career, I have struggled with engineering graduates who could not even form a sentence with proper capitalization and punctuation and spacing (two spaces after a period, etc.). I recall a grumpy old college professor from my engineering curriculum who taught a course in what was called "Western Civilization" - which was a combination of history, English composition, reading and writing skills. That bold professor had the audacity to state that his course was the most important in our engineering studies - we laughed then, but it turned out that he was correct. An engineer who cannot communicate effectively through the written word, is just not effective in his task, and the rest of the knowledge is for naught. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/30/2011 8:56 PM, Al Gulseth wrote: > Dave, > > The reason they told you to write for a Grade 7 educational level was probably > because they heard about some of the students my dad dealt with when he was a > junior level radio instructor in the Coast Guard in WWII. From his > description it sounded like he was teaching a basic "shop" (tool usage) class > at the time. > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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