Hey Y’all,
Recently my accounting professor (who is also my adviser) had us do an exercise which was extremely meaningful and powerful. We wrote the letter of recommendation we think we deserve right now and then wrote the letter of recommendation we want to get from her by the end of our for year.
We have a professional development exercise about once a month and each one is assigned with the hope that it will prepare us for after college plans and get us thinking about what we want to do. I have to say this letter writing excercise was the best one yet.
It helps a student assess where they are – what skill sets they possess, what their class participation looks like, and what adjectives they feel describe them now. The letter about the future helps set goals for what you want to accomplish by now and then. Currently for me it helped me address that I need to work on my critical thinking in accounting – something which I want my professor to be able to mention as a strength of mine.
– nm