How Did This Happen?

Never thought I’d append “wiki” to a post, but here we are. Here, approaching the dead center of August, I’m getting Google hits along the lines of “first day geometry lesson” and I don’t have content to show for it.

So I’m posting some of my first day procedures, which are by no means authoritativeTruthfully, the first year I taught I was pretty relaxed, nonchalant even, about the first day of classes. But every year since it terrifies me more and more, nevermoreso than this year.. The comments section of this post seems an inadequate container for all the first-day wisdom you all have, so I’m going to encourage you to add on to The First Day Wiki.

Here’s my contribution, both for general ed and for math classes:

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