<p>For example, a former professor you've kept in contact with (while your still a student) and the other professors you've connected with (give these their AFTER grades come out)?</p>
<p>As long as you are not currently their student, I see no problem with it. I send cards and little gifts to my former professors all the time. All schools have different policies though so I would consult your school’s policy book first before you send out any gifts. My school’s policy is silent in the issue except in cases where the student is currently in the professor’s class.</p>
<p>No offense, but it really seems like you are overly obsessed with this professor.</p>
<p>You’ve posted numerous threads asking about how often is ‘too often’ to contact a former professor (who you had a class with for a few weeks). </p>
<p>I can understand where you’re coming from to a degree. There are a couple professors that I’ve had classes with in the past (usually multiple classes) that I stop in on every now and then. I pop in once or twice a semester just to catch up. I’ve never bought them any gifts though.</p>
<p>Buying gifts for former professors is definitely not unheard of. I’d think it was kind of unusual unless it was a professor that you knew very well though. </p>
<p>Judging by how many questions you ask about the appropriateness of contacting this professor, I get the impression that you have become a bit hung up on them.</p>
<p>edit- in fact, I just looked and this is the SIXTH thread you have created about this professor. One of these threads included asking said professor over for dinner. Another thread involved you asking if ‘every other week’ was too often to stop in and chat with them. I genuinely mean no offense by this, but it puts off a very strange vibe and really makes it seem like you are trying way too hard to have a relationship with a professor that you liked but don’t really seem to actually have that much of a relationship with.</p>