I went to ask few question to one of my university professors after class. I found that when you ask question, not only you help yourself but:
- Your class – Perhaps there is are other students who are shy to ask during the class.
- Lecturer – Letting him/her know the subject area in which need to pay attention.
If there are not questions raised in class it could mean to things:
- The class already understood it well.
- The opposite, the class do not understand anything at all. And yes, lecturer can be ignorant and assume.
Don’t ASSUME. Because it makes an ASS out of U and ME
Well, we already know that but how many of us — if you are still studying — lightly raise your hand and ask questions in class. 1/50 maybe.
Besides, today I learn that some lecturers refuses to answer your question personally if he believes that your question might be useful to the whole class. I raised a question to him and that was his respond. And I am gladly going to ask him in the next class, next week.
Happy weekend!
(Updated on 2nd June 2010)
Photo credit: Gemma Corell
