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Ms. Schneider's article on student behavior was most opportune, arriving on the day our Teaching/Learning center held a faculty program on the topic. We had surveyed the faculty to identify the behaviors of most concerned, then tried to identify solutions. In my college skills course, I spend a class on classroom protocol, emphasizing the two-way street of behaviors; and I include information in my syllabus.

Also suggested: enlist students to reinforce the notion that rude behavior irritates students as much or more than it does the instructor. We also see an increase or at least a perceived increase in many of the behaviors identified.

-- Barbara Sartorius, Assoc. Prof., College Skills, Ulster CC College (posted 3/29, 3:18 p.m., E.S.T.)
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