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Don't ask for help
If there's something you can't do, if you have a query or if you're lost, don't look for help, don't ask questions during the lecture and don't go to your tutorials. There are thousands of reasons why you shouldn't but here's just a few of them:
* Going to a tutorial and asking questions is tantamount to admitting you're stupid.
* Better to be ignorant than to run the risk of revealing that you don't know something you should.
* Ask a question during the lecture and your fellow students will think you're stupid. You don't think that of them when they ask a question, but they will about you. This argument holds true for each and every student in a lecture room at any given moment; that's why none of them ask any questions.
Conclusion: never ask for help or go to a tutorial. There is, however, an exception to this rule; you are allowed to turn to the lecturer in the last few days before a deadline. There may well be a long queue, he will dedicate his time to helping students while neglecting other duties but don't worry, he won't be able to resist helping you in those dark, gloomy hours of need.
What kind of person would advise someone not to make questions because he/she will be intepreted as stupid?
the answer is people with low sel-esteem and confidence.
Im a PHD student and im also demonstrating for some of the courses in my Uni. I have to say that people who ask questions, people who seek help are those who succeed. People who have the above attitude are closed to themselves and they do not accept the help provided to them. Im there for answering questions to the best i can.
I have to say that such an advice is ridiculous to say the least. The intelligence is something everyone is born with, that is constant. The effort you put in something is what is dynamic, what changes. So give me a break, i want to see people who try, and yes make questions. Thank you very much!!
* Going to a tutorial and asking questions is tantamount to admitting you're stupid.
* Better to be ignorant than to run the risk of revealing that you don't know something you should.
* Ask a question during the lecture and your fellow students will think you're stupid. You don't think that of them when they ask a question, but they will about you. This argument holds true for each and every student in a lecture room at any given moment; that's why none of them ask any questions.
Conclusion: never ask for help or go to a tutorial. There is, however, an exception to this rule; you are allowed to turn to the lecturer in the last few days before a deadline. There may well be a long queue, he will dedicate his time to helping students while neglecting other duties but don't worry, he won't be able to resist helping you in those dark, gloomy hours of need.
What kind of person would advise someone not to make questions because he/she will be intepreted as stupid?
the answer is people with low sel-esteem and confidence.
Im a PHD student and im also demonstrating for some of the courses in my Uni. I have to say that people who ask questions, people who seek help are those who succeed. People who have the above attitude are closed to themselves and they do not accept the help provided to them. Im there for answering questions to the best i can.
I have to say that such an advice is ridiculous to say the least. The intelligence is something everyone is born with, that is constant. The effort you put in something is what is dynamic, what changes. So give me a break, i want to see people who try, and yes make questions. Thank you very much!!
