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Old 03-04-2006, 12:03 PM   #1
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How to Impress the College Professor

Hey guy Im a senior and going to college to this fall....I would want to how to give a good impression to the proffesor, so he/she isnt always in my tail...especially the ones who have a stuck up thorn on their nect attitude
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Old 03-04-2006, 12:42 PM   #2
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come to class prepared, do your assignments on time, don't grade grub and don't plagarize
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Old 03-04-2006, 01:47 PM   #3
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Well..the best way not to offend a professor with a "stuck up thorn on their nect" attitude is not to put them in your tail.
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Old 03-04-2006, 02:54 PM   #4
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Sit in front.
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Old 03-04-2006, 08:05 PM   #5
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What I've learned from highschool:

The three sure-fire ways to make a teacher hate you are, in this order 1.) do homework for other classes 2.) sleep 3.) eat.

Sounds so obvious, and yet I tend to do all of those in all of my classes. God knows what my recommendations will look like :-D.
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Old 03-04-2006, 08:52 PM   #6
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^ haha I didn't do any of those things but teachers in high school hated me because I had an 'attitude' hmm

In college I just don't mind their attitude. I do my work and thats that because they won't change. Just sit in front, do your hw, study, and he/she hopefully will have someone else to pick on.
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Old 03-04-2006, 09:38 PM   #7
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I used to take my lunch to Marketing class in college all the time. My prof used to always laugh and come by to see what I was having. He was a pretty cool guy. I've also taken fast food to classes before, and had a pizza delivered once... actually, I've had multiple pizzas delivered to the Library....

My prof's loved me.
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Old 03-04-2006, 09:42 PM   #8
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^^ wow thats gotta be original...first time i ever heard this............and whats up fendergirl
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Old 03-04-2006, 09:53 PM   #9
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Not much. I think the best time was when I brought wendy's to a 5:00pm class for me and two other guys. I got caught in traffic getting back, and wound up 10 minutes late for class. So I walked in with my bag of food... no backpack or books or anything, and i sat down.. and i started taking the food out of my bag and passing it down to the correct people. It was so funny. Our Prof. asked what was for dinner and i was like "chicken nuggets, do you want one".. haha. and that's when the kid i sat next to asked if we could order a pizza for the next class and he said sure, as long as you order enough for everyone... and this other girl offered up a coupon..

I've had a few pizzas delivered to the IT Help Desk when I worked there as well... the one time I had one delivered to room 103 (or something like that) of the library - a group study room. My group was there working on a project for 12 hours straight... and we def. enjoyed our papa johns pizza

I used to go 30min-1hr late to my photography 1 class every day it met because it interfered with my lunch time. I always got along so great with that prof.. i actually ended up teaching her how to do other photography things a semester later when she was sitting in on my photo 2 class... and i stop by and visit her whenever i'm around campus..

i don't suggest doing that stuff in all classes, you def want to get a feel for how relaxed the class is and what type of prof. you have. i mean, you def. wouldn't take food to a science class. also, i don't condone skipping class to eat meals... everyone should go on time.. to every class.. always....


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Old 03-05-2006, 02:10 AM   #10
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eat.

Unless the teacher does it too...Then he/she doesn't care.
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Old 03-05-2006, 12:39 PM   #11
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What's worked for me: Siting in the front, participating in the class and talking to the prof. at office hours.
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Old 03-05-2006, 12:42 PM   #12
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Don't send the prof dumb e-mails
Don't come by in office hours to ask about something that is in the syllibus
Basicly, don't wast the prof's time.
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Old 03-05-2006, 01:10 PM   #13
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just basically be an adult. don't act like a child. if you want to be treated like an adult, you have to act like one.
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Old 03-05-2006, 01:34 PM   #14
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I sat in the front in every class of a course I didn't particularly like and didn't do the reading for (but I did well on the papers) and my professor liked me so much that he not only offered to write a recommendation for me, but also wrote an extra one to a dean. I never spoke in class (because I hadn't done the reading most of the time), so I don't know exactly what I did, but apparently, sitting in front and going to every class works well.
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Old 03-05-2006, 09:59 PM   #15
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Send the prof. chocolates and champagne. Or just champagne if he/she is diabetic/hates chocolates/doesn't seem like a chocolate person.
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