Imagine that a colleague from your program is registered for Technical Reporting next semester (no chance to transfer, postpone, or take it somewhere else). As a veteran of a semester's work, write a memo to your colleague sharing advice about how to be successful in this course. (This should not be an evaluation of the course. Instead, consider your own learning and challenges you have faced in practicing professional writing.) You may address some of these questions, or any others you consider appropriate, within your memo:

• What is the one thing your colleague needs to know to do well in this course?
• If you were starting a new writing course right now, what would you do differently?
• How has your writing changed, in or out of school?
• Has your approach to writing changed during this course? How?
• Have your attitudes or feelings about writing changed during this course? How?
• How did you study or otherwise prepare for class? What worked? What didn't?

Stay focused on genuine advice for success. Keep in mind your audience (your colleague), and organize your writing to make it clear and accessible to your reader. Of course, proofread carefully before you "send" the memo.