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From: gt5614b@prism.gatech.edu (Robert John Butera Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: Re: Student Writing: Can the Machine Maim the Message?
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Date: 30 Jul 90 18:39:13 GMT
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Curt McNamara writes:

>  .. should all students be required to take introductory courses in 
> graphing as well as writing?  Clearly the best written papers and 
> textbooks imclude numerous illustrations and graphs...

I believe that most engineering schools (Georgia Tech I know for sure)
teach the necessity of charts, graphs, tables, and illustrations in
courses such as technical writing and public speaking.  Also, any 
student in a curriculum such as engineering or sciences that has many
labs will find illustrations and graphs a necessity in their reports, 
or their grade will suffer!

Robert John Butera Jr.