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Rule #22: "You may bring a bottle of water and leave it on your desk. Do not ask me if you can get water while I am teaching a lesson. You can even have food at your desk as long as others don't see it and I don't hear you eat it."(Pg 77)

- In this rule, Clark's cometary consists of talking about how it's important to give students the tools to yield their personal best performance. He talked about how students often times learn better or perform better when they are not distracted by things like hunger and thrust. He talked about how with this rule, he then had to make rules about keeping the classroom clean, and how they could loose this privilege by making a mess. Often times schools create rules like this to prevent daily nightmares for custodial staff, but Clark talks about making student's responsible for their mess rather than restring to prevent.

Rule #23: "Quickly learn the names of other teachers in the school and greet them by saying things like "good morning, Mrs. Graham," or "good afternoon, Mrs. Ortiz. That is a very pretty dress." (Note: If you are in line with the rest of the class, you are not allowed to speak to the teachers at that time because the no talking rule is in effect. You should speak to other teachers if you are entering or leaving school, on recess, on an errand, or changing classes.) " (Pg 79)

- As I think back to Elementary, middle school, High school, I think about all the teachers name I knew, but did not ever introduce myself to. Again, Clark is teaching good life skills by encouraging his students to introduce and greet other students. I think by doing things like this at a young age, students are more apt to adapt this principal in life. We all know that life is about who you know, not necessarily what you know, so by teaching students to form connections and relations at a young age, they will greatly benefit from it in the long run.

Rule #25: "We will often have visitors to our school. If someone is coming to visit our class, I will send two students to the front door of the building. You will have a sign welcoming the person. When our visitor arrives, you will shake hands, tell him or her who you are, and welcome the person to our school. You will then take the visitor on a small tour of the building before bringing him or her to the classroom." (Pg 85)

-Again, I feel that Clark is really instilling life skills to his students at a young age. The students in his school quickly learned how you treat visitors. Clark talked in this section about how he modeled to his students how to give tours, how to introduce yourself and the appropriate dress for visitors. He talked about how when a visitor comes to his school, he wants to make sure that their is no confusion. Right as the visitor enters the building he or she knows exactly where to go, who to go with and a little bit about the class before entering. It really strikes me every time about the little things Clark instills in his students. Some may think that Clark may be tip-toeing into the roll of a parent, but I strongly disagree. I think it would be wonderful to see more educational systems adapt to include more life skills like Clark enforces.