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| Influencing your teacher...to award you the marks |
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How you communicate with your professor affects how well you do in a course. In general, professors are likely to be impressed with students who show a genuine interest in their course material and ask good questions. The best way to get on your professor's good side is to be an "interested" student. The following are some strategies to demonstrate your interest and curiosity: Don't criticize, condemn, or complain to the teacher about his or her performance: rather: focus on, and discuss, the material and your understanding of it. - Let the teacher know what you appreciate about the course. - Smile - yes, smile even if you think your teacher is ugly. Just smile - Know and use the teacher's name - you give him the feeling of a personal touch. Teachers are only human and they love the attention everyone craves. - Listen to what the teacher has to say about himself or herself-don't cheek the prof. He could keep you in there for more years than you voted for. - Talk in terms of what the teacher is interested in. - Let the teacher know that you think he or she is important. - Avoid arguing-don't try to prove you know it all and that the prof is an amateur. No. Teachers know that some students are more brilliant than themselves. You don't need to remind them of that. The professor might take your excessive arguments for arrogance. - If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically. - Ask questions rather than give orders. - Try honestly to see the teacher's point of view. - Let the teacher know that you sincerely want to do well in the course. - Always have the course textbook in your hand whenever you see the instructor. - Hand in all assignments on time throughout the semester. Adapted from How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie, New York: Simon and Schuster Inc., 1936. |
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