You Have to Establish Dominance from Day One.

At the college level, this usually means students are entering new classes with unfamiliar professors. These classes often required reading and discussing theories of education, creating pedagogical materials, observing classroom teaching, and eventually teaching our own classes. I can't worry about the possibility of "being taken advantage of" when I've seen students come into our classroom with a sparkle even though writing has long been one of their least favorite things to do and I assign it in every class meeting. [Extracted from the article]