Due Monday, September 18

Animated gif of Homer Simpson pulling napkins out of a dispenser and giggling as he says to Lisa, "I feel like I've gone back in a time machine."

Good study habits are developed from the beginning of the semester. Now that we are in Week 3 (out of 17 weeks), you can consider whether your current habits will lead to success in this course or if they need improvement.

At the end of last semester, I asked my MAT 2680 students to pretend they had a time machine and could go back in time to the beginning of the semester to deliver a letter to themselves explaining what it takes to succeed in this class. Right now, you are like those beginning-of-semester students and can benefit from the advice they wrote to their past selves!

For this assignment, you will read the comments on this post from last semester. Pick the comment that resonates the most for you and write a reply. Your reply should the following form:

“Hi [name of person who wrote the comment]! My name is [your name] and I am a current student in MAT 2680. Your letter to your past self is helpful to me now because [give some reasons you found their letter helpful; be as specific as possible and state either how you are following similar or advice already or plan to follow their advice moving forward].

Include any other details you wish to include.

You do not need to be a member of last semester’s OpenLab site to reply to a comment. You will receive participation credit for submitting your reply.