1. George V. Krestas Engineering Department De Anza College
Classroom Decorum
ENGR
George V. Krestas
Engineering Department
De Anza College
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2. The class has a well defined starting and ending time.
Rule #1
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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3. Take care of your physical needs Before entering the classroom.
Rule #2
Take care of your physical needs
Before entering the classroom.
The classroom is is not a day care center!
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4. The classroom is not the cafeteria!
Rule #3
The classroom is not the cafeteria!
Your mother is not here to clean after you!
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5. The classroom is NOT a telephone booth!
Rule #4
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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6. The classroom is not an Internet Café!
Rule #5
The classroom is not an Internet Café!
There is an Internet Café across the street
for your text-messaging and personal needs!
Text-messaging is a distraction to you and to the others around you who are here to learn.
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7. The classroom is NOT a nightclub!
Rule #6
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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8. The classroom is not a playpen!
Rule #7
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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9. How you sit tells a lot about you!
Rule #8
The classroom is not
affiliated with
Club Med!
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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10. The classroom is not your bedroom!
Rule #9
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 who are here to learn.
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11. The classroom is not a comedy club!
Rule #10
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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12. The classroom is not the Fleishhacker Zoo!
Rule #11
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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13. The classroom is not the British Parliament!
Rule #12
The classroom is not the British Parliament!
If you want to talk in class,
Get your own class.
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14. The classroom is not a public forum! If you want to argue, join the
Reminder #13
The classroom is not a
public forum!
If you want to argue,
join the
debate society.
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15. “I don’t know and I don’t care” attitude …
Rule #14
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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16. “There are only 24 hours in a day!
Rule #15
“There are only 24 hours in a day!
Plan accordingly.
Otherwise, school or work or both will suffer!
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17. “There is only one attitude here, and that’s mine”
My “American Idol”
Judge Judy says:
“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!
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18. Frixos says:
Everywhere man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passions, his mistakes and weaknesses Democritus
The End
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