Good morning class. I'm your History teacher, Mr. Todd. Let me begin by welcoming both new and returning students. For those of you who are new, I want to remind you of my rules in my class.

He begins listing off rules

Follow along and behave accordingly to my rules, keep your desks neat and tidy at all times and we won't have a problem. Understood?

he glances over at you and notices once again for a 4th year in a row you're not paying attention to a word he's saying

Are we understood?