Day 760 of 1000
Christian is required to take a technical writing class as a requirement for his math degree. I thought this was going to be a throw away class, but it is turning into something good. First, they made him write a resume. That is not such a big deal, but it is important to do it well. His second assignment was to write a Statement of Purpose of the kind required by almost all universities as part of the application process for a graduate degree. I thought that was great.
Even more excellent is the requirement for an “Elevator Speech,” a 45 second description of why he should be accepted to graduate school. What a great idea. He has to give the speech today, but I think that is a good thing for him to practice and polish a lot before he gets to any more graduate school interview. Most people who travel a lot for work give elevator speeches about their work whether they know it or not. Some of them are monumentally bad. I have honed mine over the years through necessity, but I am confident it could use some practice and polish. I am looking forward to working on this with both Kelly and Christian.