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What kind of relationship should one seek with their profs?

Post by rejectmaster » Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:10 pm

If any?

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Re: What kind of relationship should one seek with their profs?

Post by 1Levening2013 » Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:12 pm

try not to let them rip you a knew one on your first day in front of all of your new classmates

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Re: What kind of relationship should one seek with their profs?

Post by mallard » Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:13 pm

Sexual.

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Post by LoyolaLaw2012 » Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:16 pm

mallard wrote:Sexual.

Beat me to it.

Seriously, I would go to their office hours at least once. It's always a good idea to make sure that the professor knows who you are. I was asked to be a tutor for one of my professors from last semester. I don't think he would have asked if he had not remembered me.

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Re: What kind of relationship should one seek with their profs?

Post by sumus romani » Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:20 pm

Having a sexual relationship with one's profs is a terrible idea because it can so easily backfire. Now, being their drug dealer, that is always win!

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Re: What kind of relationship should one seek with their profs?

Post by rejectmaster » Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:21 pm

sumus romani wrote:Having a sexual relationship with one's profs is a terrible idea because it can so easily backfire. Now, being their drug dealer, that is always win!
What drugs do they most commonly use? I have good connections with the DC crack market (interned at a V50 drug ring summer after jr year)

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Re: What kind of relationship should one seek with their profs?

Post by Stanford4Me » Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:23 pm

I heard at some schools the profs can be kind of distant (and douchey) so it's hard to develop any kind of sexual connection relationship with them.

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Post by OnWisconsin » Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:40 pm

Always approach in this manner.

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and don't forget, no eye contact!

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Post by Jarndyce » Sat Jul 10, 2010 7:08 pm

Get to the point where they know your name and maybe your interests/goals, but don't ever get to that way-too-personal stage. You should never become "that guy" but you should also be familiar enough with them that, when you need a favor or reference, you don't have to say "you don't know me but I took your Torts class." It's a balancing act, and it really varies based on the professor. Some of my professors, I probably visited 4-6 times over the semester. Others, once or none at all. You'll figure it out.

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Re: What kind of relationship should one seek with their profs?

Post by northwood » Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:48 pm

dont be the guy/ girl who stops by the professors office to chit chat or answer every SINGLE question posed in class, or is the one that has a question when the professor says " well end the class early if no one has any questions" Your fellow classmates will loathe you and will put exlaxx in your coffee every time you go to the bathroom during study sessions.....

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Post by Lawof_theLand » Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:42 pm

Too bad law profs can't be more like Master Po.

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Re: What kind of relationship should one seek with their profs?

Post by underachiever » Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:45 pm

Close and intimate...think Fatal Attraction

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Post by yinz » Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:48 pm

Mutual disgust?

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