Establishing a positive relationship with your lecturers is a part of being successful both academically and in personal development throughout campus. However, the negative inroads may signal the emergence of bullseye issues or sheer repercussions to your academic journey. Here is how a strained relationship with your lecturer can affect your performance and experience at campus:
Learning and engagement
This will often depend on an open type of communication between students and lecturers, coupled with mutual respect for each other. When there is hatred or tension along the way, this may lead to difficulties in maximum involvement with course materials. Perhaps you will remain hesitant to ask questions or contribute to discussions and also not be keen to clarify issues on assignments. It leads to misconceptions and lacunae that finally result in poor performance during exams and courseworks.
Mental and Emotional Stress
The strained relationship can create a tense atmosphere. Probably, you will start fearing or having a bad feeling while attending some of the lectures or tutorials attended by the lecturer. This emotional stress might make you lose interest, lack concentration on a subject, or in severe cases, inadequate feelings. These pessimistic feelings still can deteriorate your focus towards your studies and perform well.
Bias and Unfair Treatment
This worsens a poor relationship with your lecturer, leading to perceived or actual bias in grading and evaluation. In case there is tension or disagreement, it is feared that your work might be unfairly judged or contributions overlooked. Perception of unfair treatment in your view dents your confidence and will to strive for excellence in your academic pursuits.
Loss of Mentorship Opportunities
Lecturers often serve as mentors and advisors to you in your academic and professional pursuits. You could miss out on this very important mentorship due to strained relations. You may avoid consulting them for advice, letter of recommendation, or even matters relating to career guidance. You will hurt yourself by foregoing such mentorship, which is very important in the development of character and career during and after campus.
Social and Academic Isolation
This tough relationship could further spill into your social life within the academic community. You may feel cut off from your peers who have good relations with the lecturer or who are not at odds over similar matters. Such social isolation could lead to feelings of community alienation on campus, hence affecting the general campus experience and mental well-being.
Strategies for Managing and Improving Relationships
If you feel strained with a lecturer, then consider taking proactive steps to help resolve the situation:
Open Communication: Establish a respectful conversation to help clear misunderstandings or anything else.
Mediation: Step in with a third party, like a head of department or academic advisor, if necessary, to act in between and hence solve it amicably.
Focus on Your Learning: Resolve to focus on why you are here studying, work hard to excel despite all that, and derail from the strained relationship.
While such disagreements or some form of conflict with a lecturer can occur and fundamentally be part of the experience associated with campus, it is always necessary to foster healthy relationships for the well-being of any student in his or her academics and personal life. Precisely, what this paper has tried to do is furnish some leads on how students can minimize these negative effects on their performance by turning around an otherwise strained relationship to create a more positive learning environment.
