Workload 3 SETS

Class,

Please allow me to share an observation and some guidance which will help you with your assignments.

Observation: Twenty years of teaching and I have seen more students lose points (Earn low grades) due to incomplete work versus submitting poor work. What they submit is very good, but limited in depth or missing sections.

Guidance: I truly believe that this is due to the fact that most students do not create an outline before they begin writing their paper. Frankly, it is easy and can be done very quickly. Allow me to show you how.

When reading the directions for u02a1 you will see that there are two parts. Part one has three requirements and part two has two. Depending on how you would like to set up your paper, you are looking at five to seven headings. Add in an introduction, conclusion and references and now you have between eight and ten headings. Type them into the APA template and begin writing your paper. That is all there is to it. You have to decide what your headings should be, but the directions will guide you.

Dr. Sam

Brevity is KING!!!

Class,

Please note the following. “I am not about to practice what I am going to preach”.  :)

In the world of business and in the academic environment, brevity is KING when sending communications. You should strive to make your point in three sentences max. Studies have shown that successful executives all have this rule down to a science. Even when replying to emails they receive. Why? Time! The do not have time to read long rambling emails and reply with detail. The last corporation I worked for had a rule of five max slides in any PowerPoint presentation.

Now my point. I suggest you begin developing this skill in the confines of a safe environment, the classroom. Instructors generally have over 100 students per quarter and reading long emails/messages or replying in great detail is very time consuming.  For example, there is no reason to provide an instructor with “personal detail” as to why you are going to be late with or miss an assignment. Also, when reading my short response, please do not mistaken it for me being uninterested and sounding curt. I can assure you that it is not the case. It is just me practicing brevity.

Now this is how I could have written this email.

When sending me a message, please keep it brief and I will reply in kind.

See? Short and to the point.

On another note.  When leaving a voicemail message, always begin with your name and phone number. Then repeat it. How many times have you listened to a long winded voicemail message and then missed the phone number because it was not clearly stated or said to fast?

Dr. Sam