I don't care if it makes sense to you, everyone else is confused!

Scenario 1: Teacher A hands out three seemingly identical sheets of paper, and then says the first one I handed out is your homework for Monday. The second sheet I handed out is your homework for Wednesday, and the third sheet is your homework for Friday. That gets confusing really quickly! Who's to say which one he handed out first second and third? This type of teacher ends up getting a whole mess of different assignments on the wrong days.

Scenario 2: Teacher B hands out three sheets of paper; a red one, a blue one and a hot pink one, and than says the red one labeled Monday is your homework for Monday. The blue one labeled Wednesday is your homework for Wednesday, and the hot pink one labeled Friday is your homework for Friday.

Teacher B is the forgetful person's dream. It is almost impossible to do the wrong homework in scenario 2. Many teachers do not realize how very helpful they can be just by planning ahead when doing their copies or making up their worksheets. Not only does color coding and labeling help students, it also helps out the teachers. There is less confusion, and the homework takes less explaining in class. For forgetful people, if teachers do not help you out with labels, write on things yourself. A professor is not going to care if a paper has Monday September 22 written on the top of it. So help yourself out. Write it down so that you don’t have to remember.