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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Learn what office hours are.  Believe it or not, going to a prof's office is not punishment and doesn't mean you are in trouble.[/quote]

[b]I don't know anyone who has ever gone to a professor's office for any reason, ever[/b] -- except maybe to ask for a recommendation.  I never did and I graduated summa cum laude.  None of my kids ever did either.  [/quote]

I do, many. And it was highly encouraged this year at orientation. [/quote]

+1  I'm a professor and the students who come to my office hours are the ones who get the most help if they need and more opportunities if they want them.  They usually are a kind of bimodal distribution--the strongest students and the ones needing more help.  I encouraged my own kid to go to office hours for every class.  One-on-one or small group time with a professor both helps students on class material, contextualizes it more with their personal interests, and alerts them to relevant opportunities to further explore.  Graduating summa cum laude is impressive, but grades are a relatively small part of education, and [b]I am on more on the lookout for[/b]   I would say I would find it odd for students to go to every office hour session, but I find my most diligent students come 1-3x a semester depending on the course.

Oops--something got cut away--should add "opportunities for those who tell me they want them."

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