For your blog this week, I'd like you to read others' blogs. Find one direct quote that someone else has written that is particularly telling (perhaps over a post on Chapter 7), and write in your blog why it was useful to either/or that person or you.
“Grant writing is really refreshing for me because you get to see more tangibly whether you have been persuasive or not. If you get the grant, you know you were persuasive. Not many writing situations have that clear a yard stick to measure one's rhetorical performance.”
Lennie Irvin, EnCore Wizard Extraordinaire
You know, Lennie’s comment really brought home how invested he is in his project and how invested I’m not, at least not yet, or at least not at the moment. I’ve suffered some communication setbacks and it’s really cooled my enthusiasm. That’s OK – I’m visiting my contact person in her office today and I’ll be getting back on track.
I have to admit to some admiration (just some—not a lot ; )) for Lennie. He’s been on the EnCore train for years now, and he hasn’t given up. I have a short attention span, and whether I’m being brilliant or dull, I have difficult sticking with the same project for a long time. Lennie, though—he’s like a bulldog with the MOO project as a way to benefit writing instruction. I know it sounds cheesy, but he does set a good example for the rest of us.
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Nice notes on Lennie's work. Yes, he's invested. I do hope you'll be able to become invested here, as well, if not for the class, than for your work in the project. I think you'll find more enjoyment by using your skills as a technical communicator in your community in this way. I agree--Lennie's perserverance is impressive. This is one reason why I've agreed to chair his dissertation committee. I know his work will be sound, as will your work, Pete.
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