The excitement we display about our coure is highly contagious. If we have fully prepared ourselves and have what's needed to get out of the gate running, we will ensure a successful 1st day. Our excitement for the course we teach will be felt and noticed within the first few minutes of us discussing it. The way we describe the course with enthusiasm and passion will greatly impress upon the class how much we like what we are teaching. If we perceive that our material or course is just another course and this is just another class, than all will be lost during the duration of the entire course for the entire class. Even if this is the 50th time we've taught the same course back to back to back, it is the 1st time our students have taken it. Our window of opportunity to impress upon them the perception we want them to have of our course, material, and information is only within the first few minutes; we must make the most of it.