1. Class Rules and Explanations
English Composition 1
Class Rules and Explanations

2. Contact Information
You can call me Mister Main.
I’m not a ‘Professor’:
‘Professor’, in Western cultures is a special title given to faculty members who have contributed a lot to the university by publishing articles and books, by doing a lot of administrative duties, and so on.
Being called ‘professor’ makes me uncomfortable.
I am a ‘lecturer’ ...
Which basically means ‘university teacher’

3. Office Hours
I am going to be very busy this semester, so if you want to see me you will have to go to my office at these times:
Monday/Wednesday/Friday:
07:00 ~ 08:50
10:00 ~ 11:50
1:00 ~ 1:50
Tuesday
08:00 ~ 9:50
Thursday
08:00 ~ 12:00
If you come to my office at XX:51 I will send you away.

4. Please …. Do not start conversations with:
“I went to your office but you weren’t there …”
This might be common in Korea, but it’s a bit rude in English, especially because I’ve just told you when I’m usually in my office.

5. Please …. If you visit my office:
Be ready with your questions, papers, etc.
Do not come in and make me wait for you while you search your bag for the paper you want to ask about.
Have it ready when you come in.
Do not knock lightly and then just open the door.
Knock loudly and wait for me to tell you to come in.

6. Textbook World English, by Martin Milner
Developing English Listening, by Casey Malarcher
These books should be available at the University Bookstore
All the information you need to buy the books should be on the class information web page.
You will need World English on Tuesday, and Developing English Listening by Thursday.

7. Grades These numbers may change … If they do, I will let you know.
Midterm Exam
25%
Final Exam
Classroom Activities
20%
Attendance
10%
Classroom Attitude 5%
Listening Tests
15%

8. Attendance
If you miss more than 25% of classes, you will get an F.

9. Attendance: Don’t be late!
“Being late is a way of saying that your own time is more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you.”
–Karen Joy Fowler
Being late is disrespectful to me and to your classmates.
2 lates = 1 absence
More than 15 minutes late = 1 absence

10. Attendance If many students are repeatedly late:
At the beginning of class, I will lock the door and take attendance.
When I am done taking attendance, I will unlock the door and late students may come in.
At the end of that class (not the next day, next week, next month), late students must remind me to check their attendance

11. Attendance
Being on time does not mean that you walk in the door exactly at the beginning of class
It means that when I begin to take attendance:
You are in your seat (not in the bathroom, not getting a drink of water)
You are ready to begin class (your books and pens are out of your bag, your phone is off and you are comfortable in your chair).
I use my watch, not your cell phone, to tell time, so don’t argue with me about whether you are late or not!
Class begins when I start taking attendance, so please be quiet.
My ears are very bad, so I need you to be quiet so I can hear students respond when I say their names.
Do not unpack your bag, take off your coat, chat with your friends, etc., while I am taking attendance.
I’m tired of explaining this to students 10 times every semester. Please sit quietly while I take attendance.

12. Homework
Do not homework (unless you have a special reason and ask permission first):
Hanmail (etc.) does not often ‘agree’ with Gmail
Printing your assignment is your job, not mine.

13. Homework Do not put homework under my door:
Papers on my floor are considered garbage and I will throw them out without looking at them.

14. Homework
You can submit it to the department office (58-318); I have a mailbox there and I will find it the next morning:
As long as it is in my mailbox by 6:00 p.m., I will get it as soon as the office opens the next morning.
However, most homework must be completed by the beginning of class on the day it is due.

15. More Rules: Cell Phones
Cell phones are a huge problem these days and I strongly believe that students should not have cell phones in class.
People lived for thousands of years without them, and you will survive, too! You’ll be fine without it for 50 minutes!

16. More Rules: Cell Phones
You do not need your cell phone in class.
If I see you using your cell phone for any reason during class time, I will ask you to leave and your classroom attitude grade will go down. I will not give you any warnings.
Note: from time to time we will do exercises in class which will require a dictionary/Internet access.
Of course, you will be allowed to use your phones for these special classes.

17. More Rules: Sleeping
If you fall asleep in my class, I will ask someone near you to wake you up.
If you continue to sleep I will ask you to leave, and your classroom attitude grade will go down.
Sleepers tend to have very bad attitudes anyway, so I don’t mind asking them to leave.

18. ... Cheating I have been at this university for 13 years.
I have NEVER had a semester free of cheating!
I have caught at least one cheater every single semester!
That’s just depressing. It makes me angry and sad.

19. If you cheat, you will get a final grade of ‘F’!
Cheating
You will not receive any warnings, and I will not accept any excuses!
If you cheat, you will get a final grade of ‘F’!

20. I will not allow it to happen, I will catch you,
Cheating
You know that you shouldn’t cheat.
This is not a new or strange idea.
One more time…
I will not allow it to happen,
I will catch you,
and you will receive an ‘F’

21. Cheating
Is that clear?!

22. Finally:
Be Respectful
You must respect: Me
Your classmates
Yourself

23. Respect
Most of the rules I’ve been talking about are directly related to respect.
Cell phones
Being on time for class
Completing homework
Staying awake in class
Etc.
These are all about respect for others and yourself. If you have a bad attitude and do not show appropriate respect, you will not do well in this class or in life outside of university!

24. Are there any questions?