4.      Giving students a “Free Day”.  Students will beg you to give them a Free Day…until they figure out that you will never give them a Free Day.  Once the word gets out that you are morally opposed to giving free days, the badgering will subside.  In contrast, once the word gets out that you are a Free Day Giver, the students will think that if they just ask you enough times, you’ll give in.  Another trap is the “Let us have a Free Day so we can catch up on all of our homework.”  Let me predict the future for you:  Very little homework will be done during your Free Day.