TERRENCE ANGELLI

Discussion Comment

I like your spotting sports team logos and I'm going to steal it! :) I too have the students introduce themselves and I have them provide a little background about themselves and why they are here. I use the reason for being here to remind some later on when they are struggling about their goal and why they came here in the first place. Further I give them a brief history about myself not to boast but to exemplify the various opportunities I had over the course of my career due to hard work and diligence.

TERRENCE ANGELLI

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Meeting and Greeting

It's nice to see that I'm not the only one who injects some humor into what for the new students is a very serious day. In my opinion and in practice I've found that a little levity goes a long way towards relieving some of the tension.

TERRENCE ANGELLI

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Meeting and Greeting

On day one I always arrive earlier than normal, about a half hour to forty-five minutes. This additional time allows me to get myself situated since I am returning from vacation. This occurrence happens every three months. I then take the time to study and try to remember the new students names so that when they come into the class I will at least know the name and then I can attach a face to the name. For the students with unusual names I will ask how to pronounce it so I get it correctly. I employ an old memory… >>>