I'll be teaching two lab sections of MMC 2100 - Writing for Mass Communication. It apparently is everything from writing for news to writing press releases and advertising copy. It's a general knowledge course. 

So I'll be joining the ranks of Dune and other teachers on the forum.

Also, I'm now a little terrified. I'm sure that once looking at me the students will be just as terrified. 

Thanks kindly. 

Ceesman762 wrote: Find out who is the biggest bad ass in the class and take that person down in front of the class.

I've worked with both students and prisoners, and sometimes they are all too similar.

If you have any questions Whale I'd be glad to help. If you're wondering about introduction day then it's all about first impressions. Too soft and your students walk out of there and show up only for the final. Too hard, and you'll be pulling teeth for student participation. Take each unit you plan on doing in the syllabus and break them down. Treat each one separately, with separate activities, lecture styles, cooperative learning possibilities, and assessments. Students need structure, regardless of what they say. However, too much structure and you'll lose them.

Show yourself to be willing to help any student who, in good faith, is looking to improve themselves. Make it equally understood that you won't babysit or chase students who don't put in the work.

Make them realize they will get every mark they earn, and will have to earn every mark they get.

Don't worry about the ones who text, facebook, or what have you. Some will get by just fine, others will do poorly. It's on them when they do. Teach to the ones who reciprocate the attention and effort.

And have fun with it. Instructing can be highly rewarding. You'll make a few differences in some academic careers.

Go buy a large black dildo. 

On the first day, walk into the class and slam the large phallus down on your desk in a very matter-of-factly fashion. Turn to the class and address them in these very words:

"My name is Jeffrey Riley, I am a published journalist and I have been described as a one man wolf pack... 

... Yes, I have a beard, and yes I am aware I possess a bearish appearance. 

.... I will be your professor this semester; those of you paying attention may have noted the black dildo. It is here to represent my one request: Don't make a d*** out of me or my class room, and I won't make a d*** out of you and your academic careers" 

Then open the class to a short get to know you question/answer; later junctioning into explanation and break down of the syllabus. 

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1) Treat students with respect, and treat them like I liked to be treated as a student. 

2) Show authority and firmness in decisions as not to have the hoard go out of control, but also be understanding when the situation calls for it. 

3) Be on the lookout for people trying to pull a fast one at all times. 

4) Drilldo. 

5) Skinhat. 

And 7) Teach the liberal conspiracy.

How do I get my hands on one of those subliminal projectors they used in Clockwork Orange? 

Oh, and a back-track recorder. I can be like those rock bands in the 1980s. 

They're great from taking guns from cold dead hands. 

They even threw in a pair of Bleeding Heart Shammies because I ordered within 20 minutes. 

If a student doesn't value the knowledge, he wont put forth the effort to learn it. Make the students want to learn, not for the A, but for the fact that what they learn will benefit them now, in their other classes, as well as in their careers. Their short term motivation is key.

Offer sex.

Offer sex.