Reflection on Memorandum

All in all I think the memo was a good assignment. I like being put into a situation that is realistic and that will actually help me professionally someday. I found it easy to find problems and solutions for the writing program at "my school". I liked being creative and making up the problems that students were facing and how I, as a teacher, would fix them. The biggest problem I had was writing in a "professional voice". I felt like I might have put some un-needed information in my memo. I really liked the 4 points that I made about the teaching of writing because I felt that they were real problems that students face. My explanations might have been a little short but then again, I didn't want to put in un-necassary (sp?) information just to make it longer. I feel like I did a pretty good job of explaining my reasonings and using the articles to back me up. If I were a principle I would definitely take the recommendations made in my memo into serious consideration when designing a new writing program. The memo definitely challenged me as a future teacher because it is something that we are actually going to have to do. I feel like I can talk my way into or out of almost anything but when it comes to writing I tend to be a little scatter-brain. I would have liked to have someone edit it before I turned it in to you but I couldn't so take it as it is!!