When you say that modeling the right academic habits is important for new learners to the college setting, it did not register with me . Not until, anyway, I was sitting in class and one of the students, upon noticing that you were a couple of minutes late, stated "if she wants us to be on time then she should be too." This was when I got what it really means to be consistent in the kind of presentation and expectations that one has for students. If I intend to hold students to standards, it is not right for me to compromise those standards for my own benefit. How can students possibly see me with any credibility or for that matter how can they really buy into the performance I want from them if my suggestions for them are only for them? These students need to understand why it is important to do what I ask of them, and if I don’t follow the same rules, then it is difficult to stress the gravity of my statements.
Though the student was making a jest, it does have truth and when I enter my future classroom, how I present myself and how that matches how I expect them to present themselves will be on my mind.
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