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Hi Jackie,
Thank you for bringing the professionalism topic up. I did the phone thing on Wednesday with my students. Just as I called the class together I a friend call me on the cell. I told the class it was important because my friend and I was setting up a time to catch lunch the next day. I chatted with him for a few minutes wondering around the room and then I asked the class if they would say hello to Tim. I counted 1 2 3 and had them yell "Hello Tim". Very few did because they were so shocked at what I was doing since I have a strict no cell phone policy in the class. I must say I had their attention. I hung up and then we had a discussion about professionalism. It took a while but they finally got it that I had set up the call to get their attention and reinforce why we need to be professional in all that we do and setting up personal appointments is not one of them. Give it a try and have fun with it.

Gary

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