2/5: doing

...one of my own assignments as an example for the students.  When I tell other professors that I sometimes do my own writing assignments, they think it's funny.  I think it's so good to do:  I feel what it's like to follow my directions; I have to put my ideas together in a succinct and clear way; and in a case like this (which is an assignment with a creative component) I show the students that I'm willing to put myself and my ideas "out there," so they're not alone.