| 0. | First of all, do no harm. Primum est non nocere. |
| 1. | Read the text, it is more than the students do. |
| 2. | It is important to appear to care. |
| 3. | It is impossible to underestimate a student. |
| 4. | It they don't do it correctly the first time, they never will. |
| 5. | Grades are determined in the first three weeks of the semester, the rest of time is to convince the students that is what they deserve. |
| 6. | Only those students who do not need help will ask for it. Those who do need help will not ask. |
| 7. | Never care more about a student's grade than the student does. |
| 8. | Some students are destined to ask "Would you like fries with that?" It is your responsibility to help them find their destiny. |
| 9. | The product of the amount of time and effort put in by the advisor and the student is a constant. |
| 10. | All grading opportunities in a given course are optional. |
| 11. | Do not let a student's procrastination become your crisis. |
| 12. | Your most important priority is to all those people in the future that the student will interact with professionally. |