Comments on: Being a Student: Crazy, Mentoring, and Office Hours http://anumma.com/2009/07/30/being-a-student-mentoring/ Conversation on Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and Higher Education Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:53:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: echindod http://anumma.com/2009/07/30/being-a-student-mentoring/#comment-337 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:42:07 +0000 http://anumma.com/?p=747#comment-337 I had a professor who had cookies in his office, that he would give to students. I didn’t struggle in any of his classes but I liked stopping by, chatting with him and eating cookies.

]]> By: Ashley Prescott Barlow http://anumma.com/2009/07/30/being-a-student-mentoring/#comment-333 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:48:56 +0000 http://anumma.com/?p=747#comment-333 Amazing. Thank you for this article. As someone going into education (not in higher ed, but in higher power… ha ha Christian Ed joke), I am thankful and inspired by professors who actually care about the way their students learn, who are proactive about becoming a better teacher, and who are progressive in their teaching style. I saw this in Adam’s hebrew class and I see it in your blog.

As for your question to students: I am one of those who shows. But, I do think making it mandatory at least in the beginning gives you the opportunity to say, “I’m not scary” and “I am here to help”… this is uncommon with many faculty who sometimes seem bothered by office hours and student questions. When your students see that it is powerful and indeed fruitful to have a faculty member work with them and care for them, they will continue to show… but they have to experience it and not be told “its for their own good” or “I know what’s best”. This is what you are doing for your students with your first assignment.

Y.E.S.

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