a student is not thinking about others and does not understand or accept why they are in class.
6- Only miss class when there is a good reason and, when absent, communicate the reason to your professor. Many courses will require this, but it is always appropriate to let professors know that you understand that you are expected to be in class. Today, students that do not intend to go to class should sign up for online courses instead.
7- Do not argue - be willing to accept that reasonable people can disagree. Understanding and accepting your role as a student is important. Professors cannot argue with students about how they feel about a course's content. Remember, we can accept and learn things we don't agree with 100%. School is a time for learning - after we graduate, we will have more opportunities to apply what we have learned as we believe is appropriate.
8- Do not complain about an instructors teaching style. College professors are not required to structure class around the individual needs of each student. Some will take remarks about how they teach as indications that students are not ready to accept the differences between high school and college.
9- Do not blame the instructor when you have problems. They can all demonstrate that other students are succeeding. College is about more than teaching students' skills, it is about selecting students that are ready to work towards earning their degrees.
An Accountant, for example, has to be ready to perform complex analysis and get things done.
.Students need to be ready to accept responsibility for their learning and work with campus resources to move them towards being self-directing, mature adults.
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