Reply to Is it really common for professors to invite students to their houses.

Forum Index » Off-Topic

Reply to "Is it really common for professors to invite students to their houses. "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can definitely see how personal invitations to a select few, or certainly one-on-one, can lead to abuses of power, harassment, etc. But I think the "favoritism" charge and fear of unfair grading sort of has things backward. As someone who socialized quite a bit with professors in undergrad (rarely one-on-one) and yes, at YLS, most often the students who developed closer relationships with professors were the ones who ALREADY had excelled.  I.e. they had already gotten a great grade(s), written a brilliant paper, were an honors student... that is how they got the research assistant or TA position in the first place. The instances of dim kids somehow finagling preferential treatment from professors were basically... nil.[/quote]

I disagree with this. I was by far the best student in classes but an immigrant and just not interested in socializing with the faculty. There was a lot of small talk which I hate anyway but especially when I can’t a handle on it.[/quote]

Yes I agree that this is likely.  But it sounds like you would not have wanted to go if you were invited.  [/quote]

I was invited multiple times! And I did go but hated it.[/quote]

Yes, so you basically prove the point.  In 90% of cases, professors cultivate relationships with the academic superstars.  Now it might be problematic in terms of time spent on a class overall (arguably weaker students need more, not less, attention), but the concerns that relationships somehow unfairly lead to better grades, results, etc. are misplaced IMHO.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics