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Sunday, March 24, 2013

5 Things You Should Never Say To Your Professor

Even our favorite professors get on our nerves sometimes and we just want to give them a piece of our mind. But most of the time it's just better to bite your tongue, and maybe think of a mean nickname that you will never utter out loud. That will show them! Here are 5 other things that you should never say to your professor:

1. "I was busy doing homework for a different class" Some classes are more important than others, just don't tell your teacher that theirs is the one that's on the bottom of your list!

2. "That is not ironic/symbolic" Maybe your teacher is reading into that Shakespeare quote way too much, but that's part of the fun. Just go with it, or ask them to explain further.

3. "I wrote the entire essay in the 3 hours before class" What your professor doesn't know won't hurt them... or influence their grading of your paper.

4. "I don't remember reading about that part in the Sparknotes" I LOVE Sparknotes (a post on that is soon to come!) and I highly doubt that professors can really be that oblivious about how students manage to read a million pages in a week with everything else going on. But just in case they don't know, lets keep that little tool a secret amongst us students.

5. "Why did I even bother coming to class today?" We've all felt like this at some point (or at many points), but your teacher had to climb out of bed today too. We're all in the same boat, or sinking ship rather. They're just getting paid for it... and you're paying for it for the next twenty years. So don't waste your money sleeping through class!

4 comments:

  1. These are really good points, Allison! So many times I hear disrespectful comments in the classroom (and hey, I'm not perfect either!). But these are good reminders that teachers are people too, and deserve our respect just as much as anyone else. :)

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  2. they're* typo in the last one there.

    But pretty sound advice!!

    Also, unless you're well-acquainted with the prof, do NOT offer constructive criticism, even if asked... this is can be a slippery slope.

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    1. Oppps! Thanks for pointing that out! =)

      And I totally agree with you on that! Sometimes it's best just to keep your mouth closed!

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