It's MY turn: the "Good Student" List

I'm very happy to see that many of you would like to write about the topic we discussed in the listening class. It's interesting to learn that being able to meet assignment deadlines, having good-manners and being attentiveness in class are among the top of the "Good Student List". As I've mentioned in class, the one that I found most interesting is Helen's entry. Instead of making a list, she explains what she thinks a good student should be like with a story. That's creative!

Many of you have really a loooooooong list in your blogs. No wonder many of you think that it’s hard to be a good student. Since this is such a popular subject in your blogs, I would like to say a few words about MY idea of the qualities of a good student.

Unlike many of you, I have only two "criteria" to define a good student. The first one is that the person needs to have the incentive of learning. She needs to be a person who always tries her best to improve herself not only in her academic studies but also in her inter-personal relationships and even her personality. A good student makes mistakes, too. She may be late in submitting her assignments but she'll learn from her mistakes and will not be late in handing in her assignments because of the same reason. She may not be able to pass her test but she will do better in her coming test and even better in the one after it. She may make a teacher angry because of saying something the teacher considers rude but she will not do the same again. I consider learning how to become a better person IS the first and foremost reason why we send children and teenagers to schools. The other "criterion" that I have for a good student is that she must be a curious person. She should be curious about the world and people around her enough to want to get to know them better and to ask questions. This is why you can see how exciting I become whenever someone asks me a question in class. This is also why I think that the biggest compliment as a teacher I can get is to be asked a question on whatever I said in the lesson. To me, this means that what I say is interesting enough to you that you are curious to know more about it.

Do you think this much shorter list easier for you to achieve or more difficult? Why don't you tell me what you think by commenting on it here or talking about it in your own blog? I'm looking forward to hearing from you.