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Office Hours, Part 2

10/24/2022

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Do you ever go to your professors' office hours? I have written about office hours before; in that post, I said, "office hours are the time that your professors specifically designated to meet with students, answer questions, help with homework or essays, and so on. This doesn't mean they won't meet with you other times as well, by appointment. But office hours are YOUR time." But I want to spend more time here on why you should go to office hours.

Here are 3 great reasons why you should go to office hours. 

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Emailing your professors

10/19/2022

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In my experience, students sometimes feel hesitant to email their professors. Perhaps they worry that the are bothering their professors (they're not), or maybe they're worried that they don't know what to say (here's how to email like a pro). But worse, what happens if you get up the nerve to email a professor and they respond in a way that is dismissive, rude, or does​ make it sound like you were bothering them? How do you come back from that and get up the nerve to keep on reaching out when you need help? 

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    Clare Brock is a professor of American Politics and Public Policy at TWU. She works primarily in the areas of food policy, lobbying, and money in politics. 

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