1 classroom decorum george v. krestas engineering department de anza college class decorun12/17/2013
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Classroom Decorum
George V. Krestas
Engineering Department
De Anza College
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Rule #1
GVK
The class has a well defined starting and
ending time.
The classroom is not your local fast food restaurant where you can come and go as you please!
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Rule #2
GVK
The classroom is is not a day care center!
Take care of your physical needs Before entering the classroom.
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Rule #3
GVK
The classroom is not the cafeteria!
Your mother is not here to clean after you!
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Rule #4
GVK
The classroom is NOT a telephone booth!
Ringing telephones are a distraction to all who are here
to learn.
If you are expecting an emergency call, do us all a
favor and stay home!
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Rule #5
GVK
The classroom is not an Internet Café!
There is an Internet Café across the street
for your text-messaging and personal e-mail needs!
Text-messaging is a distraction to you and to the others around you who are here to learn.
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Rule #6
GVK
The classroom is NOT a nightclub!
Other people don’t care about your taste in music!
Put telephones and all other entertainment equipment out of
sight and out of mind before entering the classroom.
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Rule #7
GVK
The classroom is not a playpen!
The child development center is at the southwest corner of
the campus.
Drop the high school attitude, this is college!
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The classroom is not affiliated with
Club Med!
Rule #8
If you are looking for an economical vacation, Santa Cruz is only 30 miles south
from here!
How you sit tells a lot about you!
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Rule #9
GVK
The classroom is not your bedroom!
For a comfortable place to sleep, there are several motels down the street!
Nobody learned anything sleeping!Besides your snoring distracts the rest of us
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Rule #10
GVK
The classroom is not a comedy club!
If you are bored, don’t waste your time, and ours, listening to this
useless stuff.
Being a student means being an alert participant in the learning process.
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Rule #11
GVK
The classroom is not the Fleishhacker Zoo!
Yawning loudly is neither
cute nor appropriate human behavior!
Cover your mouth!Nobody cares about your dentist’s handiwork!
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Rule #12
GVK
The classroom is not the British Parliament!
If you want to talk in class,Get your own class.
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Reminder #13
GVK
The classroom is not a
public forum!
If you want to argue, join the
debate society.
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Rule #14
GVK
If you have the “I don’t know and I
don’t care” attitude …
YOU are wasting your time being in college.
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Rule #15
GVK
“There are only 24 hours in a day!
Plan accordingly. Otherwise, school or
work or both will suffer!
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My “American Idol”
GVK
“There is only one attitude here,
and that’s mine”
They don’t pay me to be here because I am gorgeous,
they pay me because I am smart!
Judge Judy says:
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The End
Everywhere man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passions, his mistakes and weaknesses. DemocritusClass Decorun
Frixos says:
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