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Dear Professor Kim,

I am writing to you to inform you about my strengths, weaknesses, and what I want to develop or improve in this class. I do not want this class to be just one of those classes I forget once it is over. I want this class to teach me things that I will remember for the rest of my life. I hope this letter will assist you with understand my strengths, weaknesses, and the areas I want to improve within myself while taking this class.

My first strength is that I that I work well with others and do not shy away from working in groups. When working in groups I do not shy away from putting in input and discussing what needs to be discussed. I also have the common sense of what is appropriate and not appropriate in the workplace. For example, I know that I should never be disrespectful to others, use absolutely no curse words, and never wear casual clothes to work. My strengths give me confidence that I will be able to do well in real world workplace environments. It is my weaknesses that lower my confidence level of success in the formal business world.

My first weakness is that I struggle with recognizing my strengths. Since I have not had a chance to work in a real world office I truly do not know what I am strong at during formal business situations, especially in an office setting. Another weakness of mine is that I am not sure how my posture should be during formal business situations. For example, when I am sitting in a business meeting I am unsure of how my posture should be, especially when a meeting is running long. My first reaction would be to slouch like I do in class, but I know slouching would not be very professional of me. Another example would be when I am sitting at a desk from nine to five every single day. I am unsure of how my posture is supposed to be all day long at my desk. Another one of my weaknesses would be that I do not talk or write in a formal tone very well. I sometimes forget where I am and I start to speak or write like I am still hanging out with my friends even though I am in a formal business environment. Since I grew up close with my older brother and with two parents who believed that swearing was okay in front of their children, I have a hard time keeping my vocabulary clean, formal, and lady like. Another one of my weaknesses is my spelling. I am not very good at spelling and depend on spell check for the more difficult words. Sometimes I seem to forget how to spell the simplest words. During this class, I hope to be able to address my weaknesses and learn certain valuable abilities.

During the duration of this class I would like to improve my public speaking abilities so I am not so nervous while giving a presentation. I would like to work on keeping my vocabulary clean from swear words and any informal vocabulary. I would like to improve my listening skills as well because it is tough to pay attention to someone else speaking when I am waiting for my turn to speak. I would like to work on my posture and my ability to write and speak more formally. I want to be able to keep a formal posture for a long period of time while sitting at my desk and while giving presentations. I believe that this class will help me address most of my weaknesses but in the end it will be up to me to work hard on improving myself to be ready for the formal business world.

Sincerely,

Amanda Key