What I’ve learned:

• Encourage lively discussion and debate from students in classes. The less I talk the more they learn.
• Observe students' individual strengths. I don't grade on a curve. I prefer to grade a student according to his or her demonstrated ability to improve and grow during the process of mastering the course material.
• Encourage humor. Journalism is exciting and advertising is fun.
• I respect the original insights students bring to their work and acknowledge those moments when students are smarter than I am.
• One of the most valuable lessons my students can learn is how to work harder than they ever believed possible.
• It's enjoyable to help students achieve levels of creativity and strategic imagination they never dreamed possible.
• Critical thinking is the only kind worth doing.
• Good writing is essential to professional success-in any profession.
• So is good presentation.
• Teaching is a good way to give back to a society that has enriched my life. It's the most joyous profession of all.