Hi Theresa, Good point. I think students appreciate and expect order in their classrooms. They have enough chaos in their lives without our contribution to it at school. When organized, students see time and effort has occured and the teacher is ready and serious about the class. The students will be likely to follow in kind. Also, this avoids having to have a lot of rules - the prepared, organized class proceeds and students will naturally learn to be on time, participate, and perform well because that is the expectation. Barry Westling