I have found classroom incivility to be less of a problem in my experience teaching first year university students. My first class is in 22 days at 0830. I will walk into my class that first morning and see the deer in the headlights expression on most of their faces. I would hard with them to try to build a civil safe classroom where they can grow as students and most importantly well-rounded individuals. I can probably count on one hand and have figures left over the number of times uncivil behaviour has taken place in my classroom in the decade I have been teaching first year students the tools to become successful university students.
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