AMTA for asking my students to come to class prepared to learn
I adjunct and TA as a graduate student at an urban public university. Despite spelling this out in the syllabus (I literally have a checklist called "What does 'prepared for class' mean" with things like pen/pencil, paper, etc...) so so so many students show up in pajamas/sweats with nothing but their phones. Often they keep their airpods in unless I expressly tell them not to.
I've tried: a) classroom agreements b) classroom wide discussions and emails c) directing students to the supply closets if they simply need supplies for class and d) applying for a small grant to provide notebooks in the room and they still don't come prepared.
I worried at the start that I was asking a lot of students to purchase course materials....so I literally purchased them. And still, they don't come to class prepared.