You're a college professor. You're talking to a new class during the first week of school. You want to make sure that the students understand how important it is to do the reading assignments you give them. You say:
It's imperative that you keep up with the reading.
While walking around your neighborhood, you see your neighbor, who's playing with her dog. The dog is standing up like a person. You're delighted to see that, so you say:
Oh! You trained him to stand on his hind legs?
You're a teacher. You're explaining to a young first-year colleague how you manage your classes. On
If you show the kids respect, they'll return the favor.
advice, conditionals, respect, student, teaching You're teaching a group of people about good website design. You show an example of a bad website that you built when you were in college. You want to tell everyone that it wasn't a good website. You say:
This is a perfect example of what not to do when you're building a website.
