WHAT IS PROPER BEHAVIOR IN COLLEGE?
Please click on and read “Talking as an Academic Community.” “Proper behavior” differs slightly from teacher to teacher. What is common for all college classrooms is that you should be respectful of the instructor and each other, demonstrate a willingness to learn and to listen to competing viewpoints, and consider college an adult environment requiring adult behavior. In addition, in my classes, I like people to be helpful, kind, creative, and caring toward each other (and to me) because we work together quite a bit. I also want people to feel they have the right to disagree respectfully with each other: this is a basic, important part of college life. The right to disagree respectfully–and to speak our opinions in an atmosphere where we know others will respectfully listen to us–is of utmost importance for learning from each other and discovering a variety of viewpoints. This is what college is about, and what being a citizen of the nation and the world: agreeing to respectfully di
