Question: Why do we need
to write responsibly?
Answer: When we write,
we are “crafting”; we are like the people who developed atomic energy.
“Crafting” is putting ideas to work. As Albert Einstein famously stated in
1946: “The release of atomic power has changed everything except our way of
thinking…. The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I
had known, I should have become a watchmaker.”
Comment: Crafting is doing. Crafting in writing is
putting ideas to work. And we need to be aware of what we are doing when we
write because whatever we write has consequences. I guess that’s what this
article means. It’s a good thought that doesn’t mean much in the writing
exercises of the classroom. Still…. RayS.
Title: “Craft
Knowledge of Disciplinarity in Writing Studies.” RR Johnson. College Composition and Communication (June 2010), 673-690.
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