Imagine someone starting a conversation about sports with questions like, 'So, what do you think Tiger Woods will wear in his next golf match?' or 'Which Raider do you think is the best father?' Sports fans know that sports is not a matter of wardrobe or good parenting; it's about plays, scores, contracts, winners and losers. This person is not asking the 'right' questions because he or she has not understood the terms, values and rules of sports talk.
Likewise, there are terms, values and rules that you must know, accept and use in order to actively participate in the conversations, or discourse, of the academic community. Academic writing is the process of breaking down ideas and using deductive reasoning, formal voice and third person point-of-view. It is about what you think and what evidence has contributed to that thinking.
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