OpenLab #1: Advice from the Past

Last Spring I taught this same course for the first time.   At the end of the semester, I gave my students the following assignment:

Imagine that you are invited to speak on the first day of MAT 2680, to give advice to entering students. Write at least three sentences … describing what you would tell them.

To see the assignment and the students’ responses, follow this link.

Your assignment, due on Thursday 2/19 at the start of class, is to:

1. Read through ALL the responses (there are 53 of them – many are quite short).
2. Write a reply to this post (150 words minimum, not including quotations) responding to all of the following:
   1. What advice seemed most relevant to you personally? Why? (you can copy/paste a short statement, or put it in your own words)
   2. Based on this advice, what changes can you make right now to help you with this course?

Extra Credit. For extra credit, write a response to one of your classmates’ comments.  Do you have any advice?  Be kind.