For example, most adults can sit for an hour without a break, and most adults should know better than to disrupt neighbors with chitchat or by repeatedly arriving late for class. Also, it hurts my feelings and makes me cranky if you read the Evergreen instead of paying attention in class. If you sleep in class, you lay yourself open to mockery and merciless ridicule. I won't call you names and you don't call me names. And then I'll say nasty things about you to your mother and to anybody else who will listen.
Nothing is worth cheating.
Cheating is using the work of others and passing it off as your own. Only stupid people, or desperate people, cheat. Also, in-class lectures and other activities will mean much more to you if you've done the reading in advance. Reading assignments are to be completed in advance of the week in which they are listed. For example, Ch. 22 is to be completed by the end of Week 1.