Brent Faber says, > Yet, as Russ and Will have noted, learning professional genres > still doesn't really prepare students for the kinds of writing they > will be doing as students. Especially those students in scientific > or technical programs. It seems to be an odd contradiction. I'd tilt that in the other direction. The problem isn't learning professional genres, it's the kinds of writing they will be doing as students. Why are those kinds of writing -- bizarrely arhetorical, unique to one peculiar situation where the only authentic motivation is to produce an example of discourse -- almost the only kinds students ever write? -- Russ __|~_ Russell A. Hunt __|~_)_ __)_|~_ Aquinas Chair St. Thomas University )_ __)_|_)__ __) PHONE: (506) 452-0424 Fredericton, New Brunswick | )____) | FAX: (506) 450-9615 E3B 5G3 CANADA ___|____|____|____/ [log in to unmask] \ / ~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.StThomasU.ca/hunt/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~