When I write about truck driving in the academic world, admittedly, the end results are a little disheartening. I love reading Marx, Foucualt, and Bourdieu, but applying them critically to a profession one loves is... Well, you can imagine. While worthwhile in a context of confronting problems of economy and class, this overlay of Marxist theory can easily take the pleasure out of doing something one simply enjoys. Take, for example, this quote from the Manifesto: “Masses of

“Heather” has been a repeat client, usually coming to work with me on accounting memos in the writing center. The memos she brings are always group writing, but none of the other members of the trio of writers have ever participated. While I feel that Heather is doing the right thing in taking the initiative to having consultations on these projects, I question how to go about working with writing that isn’t necessarily solely Heather’s, because her group’s strategy is to hav