Selfe pt. 1 -- January 8

1. Selfe's first point is an easy one to recognize: she's alerting readers to the problem, but she's doing it the nice way. Smoothly introducing the issue with a quick anecdote about her time in the CCCC, Selfe provides the reader with the basis of her argument. However, instead of attacking the perpetrators with agressive accusations and statistics, Selfe says the irony "has nothing to do with collegial good will," but, rather, has everything to do with "boring or frighting" aspects most often associated with technology. 
2. As for her second point, Selfe is beginning to convince the reader to join her side by displaying the importance of this problem. Including lots of facts and statistics, Selfe makes the reader realize the significance of technology and come to her conclusion on their own. One of her most powerful statistics being that "70% of jobs requiring a bachelor's degree or an advanced college degree now require the use of computers."