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Understand That the Message Sent Is Not Always the Message Received

It was my first day as a freshman in college. I had arrived to class early, determined to take a seat in the front row. Having never been known as top of the class, sitting in the front row seemed like my best chance of making a positive first impression on my professors starting day one. You may know an unspoken expectation is that the first day of a college class is usually just “syllabus day,” when the professor engages with the students a bit, shares a few expectations for the course, and passes out the syllabus, all before ending class early and sending people on their merry ...

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