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Start classes on time - not only begause our contract morally obligates
us to do so but also because, if we are late, our students will disturb
other classes which have started on time.

rinish classes on time - altnough we know that our final pearls of
wisdom are essential for the successful conclusion of the day's work =
because otherwise we ceriously inconvenience the class which succeeds
us. Students, initielly avpearing on time, will gradually fall into
the habit of teeing late. Not every instructor has thessometimes highly
necessary, courase of entering his/her class room wnile the predecessor
is still concductins pusiness more than five minutes after the official
time of termination.

Keen your doors closed after classes nave started. ‘ie may think that
our voice (with its resonance anc fascinating intonations, avart from
the brilliant intellectual contents liberally cispersed in all direct-
ions) is a boon to all mankind but in vractice it can easily becone a
nuisance to other classes in the vicinity. Cther instructors also
would like to be heard oy their ovn stucents, anc students attencing
other classes might pat un with their own instructor but ao not need
additional contrionutions from the outside,
Discournze noisy activity in your orn class (however ‘innovative and
"relevant “). ‘The walls of courlas Vollege co not nave ears but are
tnin and not sounc nroof: there Is another class in tne next roome

 

Leave tne class room the wav you have found it (provided it was clean
and orderly at 8:CC aaem.je ft seems to oe one of the asnects of the
latest educational te que to arrange desks "“differcntly" or, even
more orogsressive, to on tne floor (in a eirele, of course) and

to consume food while the ciass is In nrorress, However, the veople
comins after you might not be overly cntnuriastic avout beings con-
fronted by 2 olig stye

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There are two reasons for the extensive use of audioevisual equinvment:
either tne instructor feels that it is useful to the students for the
comprehension of tne subject matter or becsuse he/she wants to goof
off elezantly (lecturing is "traditional" and such a strain, anywayt).'
Wnatever the reasons for the verforivance, nlease keep it low since the
neighbours might not be entirely avprectative (what about an aucio-=
visual room on every camous, dear administration? ).

let's avoid talking oatsige a reom in wrich there is a cless in pro-
gress. Je all have fallen oceasionelly into this abit which can be
extremely’ annoyins to tne sersons on tne other slée of the wall.

At Douslas College “tie

student is at the centre" but, remember, you
are the ooss where your cl

oss is concerned.

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