[CAUT] Pizza party

Zeno Wood zeno.wood at gmail.com
Mon Apr 27 10:27:07 PDT 2009


Aha!  A CAUT-specific topic, at last!

I've posted the piano policy on the practice room doors, and where possible,
on the wall above the piano.  I take a walk through the practice rooms every
once in a while, reminding people of the policy.  Since I (usually) have a
good-natured approach, I seem to have a mostly positive relationship with
the students, and they police themselves.  A little humor helps.   Every
once in a while a student takes a belligerent tone, but it's important to
not let it be a battle.  They're young, and we're supposed to be more
mature, etc.

I also send an email out to the faculty at the start of each semester,
asking them to mention the piano policy in their classes.  It's also a
tricky way to remind the faculty themselves.

I don't have any punitive measures (fines, corporal punishment) to threaten
people with, so I have to catch the flies with the honey.

Regards,
Zeno Wood
Brooklyn College
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