Just in case you were wondering why I took so long to enter the grade for your Introductory Letter Assignment:  Prior to reading your letter, I wanted  get to know you first-sitting in my classroom-during our first-week of the semester -although, I do have to admit that I would  glance at the seating chart as I began to read your letter-to visualize who had written the letter.

Many of you have shared similar concerns and I will address these in class.