These should be big clues as to how to win me over and assure that I am feeling happy and generous when I grade your assignments.
10. Lazy students who sit like lumps and expect the class to carry them.
9. Eating and drinking in class, unless you bring enough for all. Water excepted.
8. Disrespectful students who come to class late.
7. "Study-buddyless" students, who miss class & expect me to "catch them up."
6. Papers submitted in report covers. Please just staple in the upper left corner.
5. Electronic and paper assignments submitted without the student's name, the section number, and the name of the assignment written in the upper left-hand corner of every page.
4. Papers which are not double spaced or are typed in smaller than a 12 point font.
3. Students who JAM UP my email asking when and where they should be, instead of looking it up for themselves or who send me email asking if I have received their email.
2. Handing in paper torn from a spiral-bound notebook.
1. Students who fail to use the correct subject line in emails. This indicates to me that they are so clueless, they haven't even bothered to look at the syllabus.