first day of class I first introduce myself, let students know who i am where i come from,my credentials. then i go into what the class is about. first i talk about the projects and how they are graded on them. then i talk about class patricipation and how they are graded on that. quizzes then attendance and i stress on the attendance because like in the real world you have to be an employee that is there in order to get paid. i also set the stage for how class is run and what kind of respect i expect if they want respect in return. i find being strait up with the students and not sugarcoating anything goes alot farther than leaving any grey areas and having to re explain the rules and guidelines for class