the students are Educated, managers/manageresses etc. Make the class interesting enough to make them want you to come back and teach them again.
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Study their background and develop the curriculum that is practical to their field. Include vocabularies in that field. Bring wall street journals to the class, pick a easy article and use that as a teaching material. (explain and discuss with the class). For everyday conversation, focus on situations that take place in hotels, department stores, restaurants, parties, airports, etc.
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You should study teaching.
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get a great education and become their boss
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I'm an instructor at a community college. I wish I had more students like you. Here are some of the conclusions I have come to. First, many of the students are there for reasons other than learning. Many of my younger students are there because their parents have issued ultimatums making them choose to work or go to school. For some reason they think school is easier and choose that option. Second, too many students come out of high school under prepared for college. They don't know how to organize their time, study effectively, or take notes. Third, our society has moved away from the idea of personal responsibility. Everyone is so worried about blaming others for their faults or believing that everyone else is responsible for their learning. They don't understand that the only person responsible for them is them. I am a facilitator of learning but I do not have the power to just give them knowledge. From talking to my friends at other colleges (4 year state and private) they are seeing the same trends albeit not on the same scale.
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Your teacher knows best. Oprah recently said that in many schools pupils are led to believe that they're doing well whereas in fact their level is awful. So she's just making sure that you can get the best of the best once you graduate, and she's preparing you as best as she can for that by making you work your utmost.
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When you sign up for classes, talk to students who have had your professor before - they know what to expect from the professor and can give you and idea as to what you should know.
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You can meet people in your class? People that have the same common interest with you? Try making some friends in your classes.
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Some schools have a career development class. I know my high school did. You actually had to have a job outside of school and then in school, you took a class one period a day.
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Yeah, they're a pain, but they help people bring some of the ideas of a subject together, help the teacher determine the effort of the student and effectiveness the class. It also helps determine where students abilities lie and helps identify potential fields of work. Finally, it helps determine whether the person is college material and what type of college they should attend. Of course a lot of people say this is pigeon holing, but over-all the system works okay, and a better more efficient system hasn't been proven to accomplish these functions.
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I teach about 100 students each semester. I flatter myself into thinking that they know a little more when I'm finished with'em. I can't change the world, I can only improve my little corner.
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The best students are those who who combine all of the positive features of the attributes you mention.
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Teachers need to be taught how they should behave in front of their students.  Knowledable teachers are not good enough.  They language they used and how they present themselves are important too.
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having more 1 on 1 with the instructor to learn the material
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When my class is getting a little crazy. I don't try to stop everyone, I randomly pick one or two kids that are misbehaving and punish them. This tactic normally scares the crap out of my students and they've gotten better at noticing when I get that crazy look in my eye.
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Most good/great teachers naturally incorporate Gardner's MI theory, especially with the myriad of students in today's classrooms.
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understanding that professors know or assume that you are there because you WANT to be there (and to truly learn, not just get a degree) and not because you MUST be there.  Given this, they expect things to be completed on time and in a professional manner.  They aren't interested in excuses, just your hard work.\n\nFor students, this is difficult to get accustomed to becasue you will have many profs all with high demands.  The fact that one prof overloads you at times is of no concern to the others.  Time management is another task you must learn.\n\nABOVE ALL, LEARNING IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT.  If you want to learn a musical instrument you practice.  Why is algebra or history any different?  You do not learn by asking the rest of us to do your homework, either.\n\nSource:  A university professor speaking
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There is research showing everything.  Most teachers do show growth in their students in a school year.  Not all students are on grade level but they show some growth.