Office Hour, Office Hour, Office Hour!

When my daughter started her freshman year of college, I remember thinking how different everything must feel compared to high school—bigger classes, less hand-holding, and professors who probably seemed intimidating at first. But one thing she told me after her first semester really stuck with me: going to her professors’ office hours made a huge difference in how confident and successful she felt in her classes. At first she was nervous to go, but she quickly realized that office hours are exactly what they sound like—time set aside for students to ask questions, talk through assignments, or get help when something isn’t clicking. Sometimes she only needed ten minutes, but those short conversations helped her understand the material so much better than trying to figure it all out on her own.

Checkout this clip from a professor at Duke University on office hour.