Memorandum Review

Writing the memorandum was really very daunting at first because first we had to read those articles that were very informative and had lots of ideas in them. My section of articles alone were enough to write the memo with, but then taking into account the other articles read by my peers was a lot more information for me to pile into my memo. My first draft was very rough and just a little synopsis of my main recommendations and the basic format. My peers who read it realized my draft was already long because I had way too many recommendations and hadn't even really said anything specific yet. For my final draft I went through and condensed my thoughts and ideas into broader categories and then expanded on those. It still ended up being really long, but after all the time and effort I spent reading and finding great quotes as well as integrating my own opinion, I think the memo went well. I know I'll never have to actually write a memo for a principal, but just the practice could be useful for other jobs that I might get in the future.