My experience as a writer or communicator would have been considered well below average if I was asked just a few years ago, however, I feel that during my time at Robert Morris this has improved. From this class specifically, I wish to gain an understanding of communication outside of college academics. In my Capstone course, the teacher did not want anything aside from the citations written in APA or MLA. He felt that if this was not known by now it would not be learned and furthermore, he felt it had no standing outside of academics. I have spent the past fifteen years in the military and communication in the military is vastly different than that of the civilian world. For this reason, I believe that my communication skills need to be brought
