Word: exposions
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Sometimes, of course, genuinely crusading journalists do get murdered. In 2002, for example, the highly regarded editor of the Zamboanga Scribe, Edgar Damalerio, was gunned down on the street. Famous for writing exposés of local malfeasance, Damalerio had also taken the extraordinary step of personally filing cases against...
At the beginning of their sophomore year, however, students find themselves in concentrations that often inundate them with esoteric and confusing writing standards that are supposedly unique to that field. One English concentrator even reported at the Curricular Review meeting that he was told in some concentration courses that in...
Tutors at the Writing Center are in concentrations ranging from folklore and mythology to chemistry and yet tutor students on papers for departments that are often quite different from their own. Seniors concentrating in history and literature whom I have tutored on their theses have been surprised to learn that...
Expos appropriately emphasizes commonalities over differences among fields. At the Writing Center, we find that Expos classes dealing with technical subjects which are new to many first-years tend to be problematic from the perspective of writing instruction. If students are having trouble understanding the subject matter, it is nearly...
Those elements unique to a field need to be addressed in a constructive manner in concentration classes. Specifically, Expos, in its final weeks, and concentration classes, in their first discussions of writing, need to explain how the skills one acquired in Expos are transferable to one’s current...