<p>Have you ever had a class with a professor that you liked (or didn't like) and took another class later on with the same teacher again? How did it go?</p>
<p>A few times, with professors I liked. The second classes went just as well as the first.</p>
<p>My residential college only has about 10 profs so you’re guaranteed to get the same one more than once. I’ve had 5 at least twice and one 3 times. It’s great because they already know you and there’s no real adjustment period. Plus it helps strengthen relationships with them. </p>
<p>One of my anthro profs that I’ve had twice (I’ve had his wife as well) made fun of me because I set the curve in both his wife’s and his (two different classes) 400 level classes, but I BARELY made a 3.5 in his 200 level slacker class. I was offered an internship by this same prof because he knew me from multiple classes- always a plus.</p>
<p>I’ve had a professor twice on two occassions…there’s nothing really different about it (both were two part courses)</p>
<p>I had the same professor for two classes, back to back. I liked it because I was already familiar with his teaching style, etc. I didn’t have to get used to his little quirks, I already knew how to specifically study for his class, etc. </p>
<p>Besides, he liked having people in his 102 class that had already taken his 101 class. He was always having us give historical examples from the previous class that pertained to the current one.</p>
<p>One time I had a lecturer twice in a row, and it was good - because I liked the modules.</p>
<p>I had another lovely lecturer twice in the same semester, (Two classes running at the same time), and I didn’t enjoy it because I didn’t like the modules. I didn’t pick them.
But it was nothing to do with her.
(Although I was sometimes confused about what had happened in each class… deja vu and all that)</p>
<p>edit;
Oh and I’ve taken two classes with my favourite lecturer, she’s great at leading discussions. But there was a year’s gap between the classes.</p>
<p>Yes. I had the same Japanese professor for Japanese 2A and Japanese 3 and the same professor (different person from the 2A/3 professor) for Japanese 2B and Japanese Conversation. The foreign language professors at my college never change unless one or some retire and they have to hire new professors.</p>
<p>I took 6 classes from one prof (and TA’ed for 3 of his classes) and took 4 classes from another professor. It was great! I’m still friends with both of them now that I’ve graduated. The best part about it was that both of them taught very well to my particular learning style, and because they got to know be very well they were able to give me very useful advice. This is by no means typical, but it was awesome that it worked out that way.</p>
<p>^ Similar story here. I took five classes with one professor and four classes with another. It was totally awesome! I ended up working with both professors outside of class, got much useful advice and awesome letters of recommendation. I even met their families! </p>
<p>Not that that was my initial intention. I am generally very picky about my classes and when I find a professor who fascinates me, I will take full advantage of the opportunity to spend more time with them.</p>
<p>^ and ^^</p>
<p>I’m curious, what majors were you two in? (or what class, if the professors were not teachers for classes special to your majors)</p>
<p>I had two of the same teachers each semester last year and I will have both of them again this semester. Actually, I’ll have them both for two classes each this semester.</p>
<p>I took the same professor twice. It was, as everyone stated, an easy transition, BUT since she did know me, I felt like she expected more out of me. I always had to work harder in that class than did my friend who was taking her for the first time. I guess that’s a good thing because I really learned A LOT and did well, I just felt a bit annoyed having to do more than a peer (more than one actually).</p>
<p>I’m in English, and my department was fairly small, so that might explain it. @paradox3, I had a similar experience with one professor and the opposite with another. One professor made me feel like I had to do three times the work because he knew what I was capable of (and thus expected me to match or surpass past performance). The other professor knew I was beyond the course level, so he actually excused me from several of the busy work assignments and even encouraged me to skip class a few times and take a nap instead because he knew I had gotten enough out of the reading by myself that going to class wouldn’t be worthwhile. So, yes, it can definitely work in your favor, but it can also mean a ton of extra work depending on the professor.</p>
<p>yep yep and yep. My japanese professor, for example, i have taken 4 classes so far with and will take a fifth this fall.</p>
<p>I had another professor i took two classes with and will have a third class with her this fall.</p>
<p>When you find a teacher with a good teaching style that suits you and a good personality its a smart idea to take classes with him/her again if you can.</p>
<p>OtherWindow, I am a math major. The four and five classes I took with the same two professors were all at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level. I went out of my way to take their classes, and I was also lucky that they kept teaching a class each semester that made sense for me to take.</p>
<p>If I find a professor I like I always try to take their classes again. And it has always worked out for the best!</p>
<p>Plus in my major you don’t really have a choice, lol.</p>