For my students as they move on with their lives. (Adapted from George Takei’s Facebook page):

1. Show up
2. On time
3. Work hard
4. Be kind

and, for comic relief:

5. Floss.

I do wish many of my students understood just how far the first three of these rules will get you. Number four is a bonus, and at the least should always be practiced DOWN: be nice to office staff, building service workers, groundskeepers, wait staff, and the like, since they are essential and doing what are quite often terrible jobs. Sycophantic sucking up to power, however, is a type of “kindness” always to be avoided.

And as for flossing: we all ought to. But, you know … . 

On the other hand, George Takei has great teeth. So do that one, too.

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