"What I can teach you is the basic principles of being a man and learning, so that you can become a person who respects knowledge and loves truth. In the academic field, you must never lie for any benefit, just tell the truth and be responsible for everything you say; You must be down-to-earth, step by step to find the unknown, there is no shortcut; You must also know your limitations and ignorance, and put your personal perspective and judgment under "justice" so that you can start learning. If you want to get a degree from me, you must meet these standards. I don't sell degrees. My knowledge can be donated to students who are willing to follow me to find the truth for free, but I don't make a deal. "
You may know how to get on well with your tutor. In foreign countries, it is not to give gifts or kiss up to the tutor, but to leave a good impression on the tutor. Because of the different educational concepts at home and abroad, teachers pay different attention to students. Compared with domestic teachers, foreign teachers pay more attention to students' classroom performance and learning participation, so you need to do this if you want to leave a good impression on your tutor.
1, attend classes and interact with teachers more.
You are not required to answer well, but there must be interaction. Classroom interaction is the best way to close the distance with the tutor. For example, lectures in many schools are very boring. The teacher talks on the platform for 2-3 hours alone, and the students play with their mobile phones or stare blankly below. It's boring for a teacher to talk alone. If no one responds to the teacher's questions, the teacher will be very depressed. If you can answer once or twice at this time, even if the answer is not very good, you can leave an impression on the teacher. You listened carefully to his class and responded. If it were you, would you feel a little comfort?
Of course, the premise of doing this is that you have to be prepared before you can answer the teacher's questions.
2. Learn to predict what the tutor will say next, and remind the tutor when appropriate.
Tutors sometimes say forget the following words or say something. If you have done enough preview and listened carefully to the teacher's progress, will you "remember" if you remind the tutor at this time? Will you at least be surprised to forget those grateful eyes? However, the premise is that you have to do enough preview to know what the tutor will say next.
3. Do what you want.
This kind of "doing what you like" is not to let you give gifts, but to follow the tutor's personality appropriately. Because sometimes there will be conflicts between tutors and students because of their different understanding of research projects. For example, some tutors will obviously show their love or dislike for an academic theory in class. If you argue meaningless questions with your teacher in class, or pursue theories that your tutor doesn't agree with when writing your thesis, your tutor may ignore your love or not give you high marks. So when you are in class, you must listen carefully, understand the preferences of your tutor, and apply them to your interaction and homework with your tutor, which will be of great help to a good relationship.
Step 4 communicate more
If you want to have a good relationship with your tutor, active communication is the key. Ask yourself questions you don't understand, but don't be the kind of questions that the teacher just finished and you didn't listen at all. That will make the teacher have a "bad" impression on you and think that you are not listening well. Sometimes asking high-quality questions will make the teacher feel that you have done your research seriously and opened up your mind. At this time, you will have a good impression. Under normal circumstances, as long as students are willing to actively communicate with teachers, the relationship between teachers and students will not be too bad.
Generally speaking, the key to a good relationship with a mentor is not flattery or gifts, but sincere "being good to the mentor." Listen carefully in class, answer questions actively, make preparations after class, and make your tutor feel comfortable, then your relationship with your tutor will naturally improve.