Résumé

55 Robert E. McDonough Résumé This is what I do: I teach plain English, reading and writing to men and women who hardly ever become doctors, lawyers, or even English teachers. I work to give them language to handle their language. "Introduction," I say, "body, conclusion. Strong topic sentences, transitions." I show them outlines like ladders. "Hard work," they answer; anything's possible." We succeed or, often, we fail— I teach failure, too. ...