Meeting your class for the first time. I have learned you must try and make your students comfartable as possible. Get to know your students and let the students understand you are their for them. Let the students know you are a professional in your subject area, but at the same time you are a human being and a simple person they can reach out to. Get your student to feel very positive about completing the course with good grades.

I like the check list idea. In this way I am sure I have covered all the topics I set out to cover. From experience I can give to much information on a topic. But with a plan it helps you to be on track.

Date of birth can be used as identification of a person, determine age, diffrentiate between people of the same name