Ten Things This Professor Loves
- Students who come to class prepared, enthusiastic about the material they’ve read whether they liked it or not. (Great discussions can be had about material one doesn’t love, too.)
- Students who aren’t afraid to ask pertinent questions that will open up the discussion.
- Students who take risks and venture into unknown territory by exploring subjects with which they’re unfamiliar.
- Students with an open mind, ready to hear others out and give them the chance to change their opinion.
- Students who have their own ideas and are willing to share them with others in a giving and respectable manner.
- Students who come to my office hours when they’re struggling with something.
- Students who come to my office hours to tell me how much they enjoyed a class and why.
- Students who give me great material for their recommendation letters.
- Students who ask for recommendation letters.
- Students who are in class to learn no matter what the subject.