WAKE UP CALL

To All:

My assignments are complicated, made of several moving parts. They are so by design, to force you to focus, to be conscious of what you are doing.

Because of the complexity, the least you can do is pay attention.

Instead I found a degree of sloppiness and messiness beyond the imaginable.

I waited to return them with corrections and grade because I was hoping for some improvement and a minimum of order. Instead, I am still dealing with chaos.

It seems that many of you can't even concentrate long enough to get BOTH the filename and email subject right.

Correct filename and email subject may make no difference to you, but they do to me.


Do the tasks in order: first the notes, then the numbered tasks.

Also, enough with email messages fired out as if you were chatting on whazzup. 


I want every message to open with a salutation and close with a SIGNATURE.

It is proven that when people have to put a signature  to a message, their attention goes up. Yours desperately need to rise quickly.

And, enough with excuses, more or less credible. If you forgot something, or were late or whatever, that's the way it is. Take responsibility for your actions or inaction. To obtain an exception of any kind you better have a compelling reason.


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