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Gilda · 02-28-2007, 05:56 PM

My first class usually involves going over important elements of the syllabus, the reading list, paper requirements, attendance and grading policies, and so forth. I'm not overly concerned with prerequisites--most of my classes have only freshman comp as a prerequisite.

Not sharing lecture notes or handouts seems a little strange, and it certainly doesn't bother me when my students do that (I think of that as "studying together").

The only time I'd call a student's home contact number would be for something very important; so far that's been to ask a student who plaigarized or who had missed a lot of classes without dropping to come see me. When I do, I call only once, and do so from the school.

Calling that many times, and that late is, I think, inappropriate, especially if it's over something small like missing one minor assignment.

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Gilda 32 flavors and then some Location: Out on a wire.	My first class usually involves going over important elements of the syllabus, the reading list, paper requirements, attendance and grading policies, and so forth. I'm not overly concerned with prerequisites--most of my classes have only freshman comp as a prerequisite. Not sharing lecture notes or handouts seems a little strange, and it certainly doesn't bother me when my students do that (I think of that as "studying together"). The only time I'd call a student's home contact number would be for something very important; so far that's been to ask a student who plaigarized or who had missed a lot of classes without dropping to come see me. When I do, I call only once, and do so from the school. Calling that many times, and that late is, I think, inappropriate, especially if it's over something small like missing one minor assignment. __________________ I'm against ending blackness. I believe that everyone has a right to be black, it's a choice, and I support that. ~Steven Colbert Last edited by Gilda; 02-28-2007 at 08:31 PM..