Hello everyone, I know I am about to draw a ton of finger-wagging here. But I have to say it as a holiday present to myself. I hate office hours! Perhaps it's the 2 year college environment. Community college students tend to come to school, take their classes and go to work or home. Colleagues are actually not much different - even full time ones. During the entire term I see 3 students (that is not per week, that is over the term) during my 5 weekly hours sitting in an uncomfortable, distracting environment where I cannot get any work done at all. It's a frustrating waste of time If I go home to work and am on the internet and computer I can get a half-dozen emails or IMs from students, answer them quickly so students feel attended to and I can get valuable work done. It's a win-win. If a student tells me after class he or she is coming to my office, I'll be there. But I hate having to sit endlessly in the office like a prisoner for no apparent good reason. From my perspective I am much more effective and productive working from home and put in more valuable "office" hours by email and IM than as a prisoner in my office. This makes me a bad, bad professor I know. But it's my story and I am sticking to it. Voting for electronic office hours and in person by appointment only... Nancy Melucci School unnamed to protect the not innocent. CA
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