http://www.rebeccamoorehoward.com/blog/why-use-a-handbook-2.html Writing Matters Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:35:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.rebeccamoorehoward.com/blog/why-use-a-handbook-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-11 Jim Pangborn Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:35:00 +0000 http://www.rebeccamoorehoward.com/?p=533#comment-11 I've been doing this for some years now, and I'll recommend it for anyone. As it happens, the SUNY where I work requires a standard handbook (Hacker's Rules for Writers)for all students--at least partly to have a standard dispute-settler, to keep the profs' notions of correctness from diverging too wildly. At the Community College where I also expiate the sins of my past lives, my ex-students can often be seen carrying their yellow Hackers like badges of honor. I was also asked by one former student to donate an extra desk copy to the local branch library where she had subsequently found a job. People quickly realize the practical value of such a thing. I’ve been doing this for some years now, and I’ll recommend it for anyone. As it happens, the SUNY where I work requires a standard handbook (Hacker’s Rules for Writers)for all students–at least partly to have a standard dispute-settler, to keep the profs’ notions of correctness from diverging too wildly. At the Community College where I also expiate the sins of my past lives, my ex-students can often be seen carrying their yellow Hackers like badges of honor. I was also asked by one former student to donate an extra desk copy to the local branch library where she had subsequently found a job. People quickly realize the practical value of such a thing.

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