WORDS WITH MR. KAUMANS-
KEVIN
KAUMANS
For this week’s article, I did an anonymous interview with six professors on why students were afraid of asking for help or meeting them in their office.
One of the professors I interviewed said the main reason he thought his students were afraid to ask for help was because of social anxiety. He said because of the addiction of smartphones and social media, many young people are afraid of social interaction.
Two professors said they believed their students weren’t seeing them in their office because they came off as “intimidating.”
Not every professor is all smiles and rainbows. Some professors can come off as monotone and mean when they don’t mean to. Of course, every human perceives one another differently, so this makes sense.
Another two professors said many students think they can do the assignment on their own without any help and are too prideful to ask for help. There’s nothing wrong with not understanding a subject. It doesn’t make you any less smart or worthy of being in college.
The last professor I interviewed said a lot of her students that need help with their assignments don’t ask for help simply because they’re lazy. They don’t care about the class and don’t even show up half the time.
My name is Kevin A. Kaumans. Thank you for tuning into this week’s column. Make sure to pick up a new newspaper from Northwestern News every week, and until next time friends:
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