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Dear Professor Kim:   Thank you for the opportunity and your open door policy in regards to what I look forward in learning in your MHR 324 class. I am definitely looking forward in enhancing my writing skills, verbal skills and becoming a strong public speaker with your training.

My weakest area in writing is punctuation. I am every expressive in my writing and feel I can articulate my thoughts well and clear but punctuation tends to hinder my papers. I am the student that often hands my papers over to tutors in order to capture punctuation errors that I oversee. This has been a pretty known issue for me since I could remember. I have often gotten strong reviews from prior instructors for my ability to compose a paper but failed to sometimes miss easy punctuation errors. In this class I look forward in improving my punctuation skills dramatically without having to frequently rely on someone else to capture them for me or word’s feature for punctuation.

My second area of improvement would be business etiquette. I have some quite understanding of what is appropriate or not but still have a long way to feel a master of the subject. In prior business classes I have learned that aside from learning to write and speak correctly there are several other skills that encompass being a reputable professional. I look forward in gaining these skills in your class with the group project coming ahead that will cover an array of important subjects. I would like to improve and be able to identify what and what not to do at office parties, business meetings abroad and how to hold a business meeting or presentation overseas or in low context cultures.

My third weakness would be keeping things formal with my coworkers or fellow classmate. I am pretty laid back and sometimes forget that regardless of how comfortable I may be with them I need to keep things formal. This really becomes apparent when I am writing emails or text messages. I have gotten far too comfortable with abbreviating or having all three parts intro, body and conclusion. I often get right to the point as if I am texting instead of writing a formal email or text message. My strength would be reading. I have a strong appreciation for good writing, vocabulary and learning and find all three in reading which is why I like to devote my time in reading. I believe that my writing skills and ability to express myself are due to my second strength which is reading. However, I have not quite been able to put my punctuation to par with good writing although I can recognize it. My strength in reading allows me read significantly fast and most importantly understand and retain what I read which comes in very handy. This has allowed me to improve my writing skills as far as content and expand my vocabulary which is my third strength. This strength comes in very hand when writing and expressing my feelings.

Overall, I am humbled and look forward in being an active participant in your class and polishing my weakness in punctuation, business etiquette and formal business writing under your instruction. I am a striving business student that looks forward in being a great public speaker, writer and presenter like you. Thank you for your time and your willingness to help me excel and strengthen my skills. I greatly appreciate your interest in my education and career. Have a great week ahead of you! With great humility, Alba Chavez