The defining characteristics of good and bad students
Over the years, I have met lots of students. In my view, good students are not necessarily those who are intelligent and capable. The defining characteristics of good students are:
Many of the good students I have come across are not quite academic nor highly intellectual. Many of them are not rich; nor have they got a favourable environment to study. For example, they can be busy housewives with full-time jobs.. in short, good students, very often, need a lot of help from teachers.
Bad students have the opposite characteristics of good students. For example, they never say "thank you" on receiving resources and help from teachers; they will not even order drinks when meeting teachers at restaurants; they do not reply to teachers' emails; and they never take the initiative to contact their teachers when they encounter problems in their study, etc. Bad students are bad in their mindset and attitude, not in their capability to study. Many of these bad students need much help from teachers too.. but they remain bad in manner to teachers.
Increasingly, I am unwilling to spend time on bad students... and I suspect that some universities (and profit-making educational centres) play a part in spoiling these bad students, making them from bad to worse.
- Polite
- Appreciate the teaching efforts of teachers and show gratitude to teachers
- Responsive
- Willing to learn
- Show respect to teachers and the education system
Many of the good students I have come across are not quite academic nor highly intellectual. Many of them are not rich; nor have they got a favourable environment to study. For example, they can be busy housewives with full-time jobs.. in short, good students, very often, need a lot of help from teachers.
Bad students have the opposite characteristics of good students. For example, they never say "thank you" on receiving resources and help from teachers; they will not even order drinks when meeting teachers at restaurants; they do not reply to teachers' emails; and they never take the initiative to contact their teachers when they encounter problems in their study, etc. Bad students are bad in their mindset and attitude, not in their capability to study. Many of these bad students need much help from teachers too.. but they remain bad in manner to teachers.
Increasingly, I am unwilling to spend time on bad students... and I suspect that some universities (and profit-making educational centres) play a part in spoiling these bad students, making them from bad to worse.
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