Classroom
Etiquette
Your
college
instructor
will
show
you
respect
as
an
adult
and
will
expect
a
certain
amount
of
respect
from
you.
There
are
several
ways
you
can
give
your
instructor
the
idea
that
succeeding
in
his/her
course
is
not
important:
1. Showing Up Late.
This implies that you have more important things to do but you will try to fit the class into your schedule.
2. Writing
Letters,
Reading
a
Newspaper,
or
Doing
Work
for
Another
Class
During
Lecture.
You
are
not
invisible
in
a
large
lecture,
because
an
instructor
can
tell
when
someone
is
not
paying
attention.
You
are
saying
that
you
will
pretend
to
pay
attewntion
so
that
you
can
earn
a
grade.
Some
instructors
will
clal
on
you
during
class,
or
grade
you
harder.
3. Not
Showing
Up
for
an
Appointment. If you tell an instructor that you iwll meet him or her during office hours you should make every effort to be there. If he agrees to meet you at another time you should make even more of an effort to be there. If there is an emergency and you can't make the appointment, call or e-mail the instructor. If you don't contact the instructor you are saying that is or her time means nothing to you.
College
Portfolio
for
Success,
Dr.
George
Stevens,
Author.
International
organization
of
Student
Success.
Lexington,
Kentucky,
©
2000.
