Tips for doing spring term right.

Professor tips for doing Spring term right

              With cherry blossoms filling tress and the sun coming out, spring is here. So what does this mean? Spring cleaning? Three months to summer? Yes and yes, but the more important thing is spring term at LBCC. The last term in the year for some, graduation for others. So, I went and talked to a few different teachers and asked them the simple question, “What would you like students to do next term?” The answers I got back were surprisingly similar in every way, so here are the three things that popped up.

Rick Klampe: Agricultural Professor

              When I asked Rick what he hopes students would do next term, he rattled off multiple things that I feel like most students are quit guilty of (including me). The main thing he wants however is for students to show up to class regularly and communicate with your instructors more often. “Students will come in on week nine and ask if there is anything they can do to the pass the class, and all I want to say is ‘Ya, if you showed up the past three weeks or told me why you weren’t in class then maybe.”

 Mark Urista: Communications Professor

              With Mark Urista, the one important thing he wishes students would do is realize that every class has its place, and you should make the best of it. Sure, a prerequisite may be in the way before you can take that one class you so desire, but you shouldn’t dislike that class because you had to take it.  Instead you should do what Mark says and “Recognize that every course provides challenges that will help you grow.”

Karelia Stetz-Waters: English Professor

              When asking Karelia what it is she would like her students to do, she simply replied “I want to see my students start their work early.” In other words, don’t procrastinate. Waiting till the last possible minute to do all your work is the worst thing you could possibly do in anything, ever. So when you get handed an assignment, work on it that night, get it done then relax.

              There you have it, not procrastinating, making the best of a situation, and communication are things your professors want to see you start doing more of.