Meta Comment: Making the Transition from school to the workplace starts in college
This thread focuses on the article “Moving Beyond the Academic Community: Transitional Stages in Professional Writing,” and covers the discussion started by Anne Reznicek.
Jennifer Norman
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This thread focuses on how the article “Virtual Realities: Transitions from University to Workplace Writing” relates to ENGL 306 and the reality of getting into the workforce.
A excerpt from Chris Anson and L. Lee Forsberg’s article “”Moving Beyond the Academic Community” presents the main point of this week’s readings: “Our research shows that becoming a successful writer is much more a matter of developing strategies for social and intellectual adaptions to different professional communities than acquiring a set of generic skills, such as learning the difference between the passive and active voice” (Peeples 389). Each article addresses the changing demands that accompany the transition from academic environment to the workplace.
The article 'Virtual Realities: Transitions from University to Workplace Writing' was interesting to me on two levels. First, I feel that some of the information towards the beginning reflects upon what we have been doing in this class over the course of the semester. Second, I can relate to some of the experiences, both internship and workplace-related and have firsthand knowledge of some documents that were discussed in the article. I will begin by discussing the article's relation to English 306.
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