1 00:00:06,034 --> 00:00:07,950 ATISSA BANUAZIZI: My name is Atissa Banuazizi, 2 00:00:07,950 --> 00:00:11,100 and I work in WRAP, Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional 3 00:00:11,100 --> 00:00:13,440 Communication, at MIT. 4 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:17,580 And I work with classes across the Institute 5 00:00:17,580 --> 00:00:21,960 helping students learn to write and speak professionally. 6 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,780 The goal is to get students to learn 7 00:00:24,780 --> 00:00:28,230 to communicate like professional practitioners 8 00:00:28,230 --> 00:00:30,240 of their own disciplines. 9 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,380 And that is really what 8.13, I think, excels at, 10 00:00:34,380 --> 00:00:39,660 getting students to work, and think, and talk, and write 11 00:00:39,660 --> 00:00:42,020 like physicists.