Keep It Simple
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league will ask, ‘So what?’ Again, you don’t have to ask that yourself, but if you did and couldn’t answer it, you’re in trouble. 6. Remember that your talk or writing really works on two levels, one where you make your point and a second where your ‘metacommentary’ explains to your students or colleagues how and how not to take it, using phrases of the ‘What I’m saying’ or ‘What I’m not saying’ variety. 7. Since we can process only one claim or point at a time, there’s no use trying to squeeze in secondary and tertiary claims or points – aka keep it simple, stupid. If your secondary and tertiary claims or points are important, make them in due course. 8. Be bilingual. ‘Whenever you have to say something in academese, try to say it in the vernacular as well.’ 9. ‘Don’t kid yourself. If you could not explain it to your parents or your most mediocre student’ – Graff’s cute comparison, not mine – ‘the chances are you don’t understand it yourself.’ 10. You thought there were nine, but let me add a 10th: Apply the in-50-words-orfewer-and-you-could-win-a-trip-for-two rule. And remember, if you talk with and write for your students and colleagues in a way that they understand, there’s a good chance that your words will actually matter. T
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- IEEE Software
دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996