OKAY SO it is story time with misty everyone gather around Today I took a final for my contemporary global literature class. I really enjoyed the class and the professor; I was intending to email her already as she left some really encouraging words (and a question I thought rude not to answer) as feedback on my last paper for the class. I think I did kinda crappy on the final though, but I'm also rather a perfectionist when it comes to my English courses so I may just be dramatic. Anyway I used basically all the class time to take the final so when I left there were like three other students in the classroom. As most of the people left my professor stopped them to say like "oh keep in touch, where will you be next semester, have a good summer," that kind of thing. When I handed mine in we talked about my plans for next semester and then she took me outside the classroom to talk some more. She told me I was smart, "really sharp," and encouraged me to follow my dreams apply for scholarships etc etc I was really flattered not just by her words but because I really respect her as a professor so I already felt a bit flustered, but then also the fact that I had just handed in what was in my view a sub-par final exam I felt even more rotten. So I feel I was a bit awkward in conversation, though polite and I said thank you & all I spent the next few hours thinking about it though and I resolved to write an email saying thanks for the class and the kind words etc etc. It got kinda long and introspective and junk (mostly about how I've had such a great experience in my college's English program and how it's really developed my education & career goals as well as myself) but I sent it anyway, persuading myself with the notion that this world could use a lil more kindness, especially towards people who really deserve it. However I'm just wondering if anyone else has sent such emails (or said similar things) to their professors? I emailed my other English professor a few days ago for actual class stuff but added at the end (since the class was ending) that I really enjoyed the class and thanked her for it. I felt that doing this again today might make me seem like a bit of a suck up, but then I thought that, if I was a professor (which isn't such a leap because I'm studying to be an English teacher), if I would want to hear these sorts of things, especially from students I really liked, and the answer was yes. SO I DUNNO Y'ALL HELP ME OUT
I sent something like that to my English teacher last year, bit different context, but more or less the same deal She never really acknowledged it, but she makes a point of saying hi to me whenever we cross in the hall, so that's nice With regards to sucking up, just try to make it as far removed as possible from something that could be seen as fishing for a mark boost, adn you should be fine. Every person is different obviously, you can't really predict the outcome, but I'd say it's generally worthwhile
Yeah I did exclude several lines initially written just because I felt they read a little too much as fishing... but I also talked about how I really enjoyed some of the selected texts from the class, which was absolutely genuine, but I worry could be taken the wrong way.
I had a film appreciation class about a year ago. I knew the teacher before hand because I took his script writing class, and since that class was a small group, we got to know each other very well. For people who don't like examining the deeper meanings of stories, this was as difficult class. So, yeah, the majority of my classmates didn't enjoy it. We wrote papers on movies, and on one I wrote for The Social Network, I got a comment from him that basically said "This is good, but I know you can do better". Maybe a backhanded compliment, but I took it as complement none the less. Anyway, I turned in my final on the last day of class, a thorough examination of The Silence of the Lambs.This was going to be my last class ever of that year, and I would be moving later on, so I wouldn't be back at that school. This guy was so freaking influential on me, much more than most teachers have been. The first guy that left gave him a hug, and he said that's never happened to him before. Me, I gave him a handshake (I regret not giving him a hug). He was still taken back by it, and it looked like he was going to get emotional.
Ain't nothing wrong with that, Misty. As long as you know your sole intention is to be grateful and not be a teacher's pet or whatever, you'll be fine. :)
{ I wouldn't feel bad about something like that. When I was younger I would do 'suck-up' kind of things for my teachers like write them letters and bring them flowers, specifically if I noticed they were having a bad day. I got a lot of letters over the summer from them and my cousins are attending my elementary school now and when they mention me to teachers I had they always get a 'she was my favorite student' sort of thing - but it was never like ... about that. I just liked to let the good teachers I had know that I appreciated them. I went all throughout middle school without having a teacher that really ignited anything in me, but in high school my favorite teacher was my English teacher for 10th and 11th grade. He reached out to me and really thought I was talented and creative with my stories and encouraged me to keep writing them. He went out of his way to give me really in-depth feedback with my scripts and let me email him things I was working on, sometimes in place of the more mundane assignments that were handed out in class. He also noticed I was anti-social and had literally no friends ??? lol so when I finally made some [ we met in his class, actually ] he gave me a thumbs up when I accepted their invitation to eat lunch and would pair us three together a lot. There was one time I remember when something had happened during the day and I spent time after lunch just kind of like ... crying in the library. I had his class next and when I was ready, I started heading towards the classroom and feeling really anxious about having to walk in there. He was actually coming back from the copy room and when he saw me he didn't scold me for being late or anything, and he noticed I had been crying, and without pestering me, he let me walk back with him without writing me up or making a big fuss about it and I really appreciated it. We actually emailed each other a lot after graduation, he wrote me an encouraging letter about not letting my social anxiety stifle me and how to gather some confidence and share my creativity with the world, to which I replied thanking him for all that he did and letting him know I really appreciated it in and out of high school. It wouldn't have felt right not to say anything. ... I'm p. sure he was so paternal to me because he had a daughter who was basically a mini-me and just going into like the third grade. But yeah, sorry for the notalgia rant but I really don't think there's anything wrong with appreciating your teachers and what they've done for you. One of my teachers once wrote me; 'you reminded me why I became a teacher in the first place' and I think that's really important. Good teachers deserve to be appreciated. Well, good people deserve to be appreciated. }
Do dis. Actually there are a couple of professors I oughtta email, come to think of it. But yeah definitely do dis.
I honestly thought this was going to be about you starting to play Lightning Returns and relaying your experiences until I hovered over the thread title.
Hell yes i've done it. Keep doing it, people don't talk enough about their feelings, they're scared. Don't be, kindness is not scary, it's freeing.
Been there before. I just did it again today, in fact. Thanking your instructors is incredibly valuable and can lead to greater things, both professionally and personally (i.e. I'm friends with my favorite instructors, and one of them is a reference on my resumé). Some instructors are really attached to their students so it means a lot to give them such kind words. They do an invaluable service helping us succeed and I don't think there's too little you could say (borderlining the creepy spectrum with excessive and awkward student-teacher crushes, anyway). This is also great for you because you get closure with the class, too.
HELLO, TEACHER HERE. sorta I lovelovelove it when kids tell me how much they liked me/liked the things I did. While my job isn't my most favorite thing in the world, when kids come up and hug me, when kids thank me because they're genuinely grateful, that just sorta makes me feel like it's totally worth it. While I work with elementary age kids, and your teachers work with adults, I imagine the sentiment is the same. Personally, I'd love it if one of my kids sent me a nice letter like that. c:
>Reads thread title You're pre- Oh, there's a thread here. In all seriousness, yes. I've done this with more than professors and teachers,- I've done this with bosses, friends, heck even twitch streamers. It's a good practice to thank people properly for those you feel are responsible for your growth. That said, I'm friends with three college professors on my facebook. They've all been watching out for me and rooting for me, even though I'm not in college anymore, because I thanked them in a similar manner such as this.[DOUBLEPOST=1400184557][/DOUBLEPOST] Unless you're Nova. Then you let them forget you entered their lives and brought upon it CHAOS and DARKNESS. Hi .
