Timeline for Is it appropriate to email a professor saying you enjoyed their class, after doing well in it?

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Apr 23, 2018 at 14:42	comment	added	Strikegently		I'll add a small anecdote to what @AndyW said: a professor of mine, who is a frequent guest speaker at other universities, gave a small talk to early-career professors in which he made the comment that teaching can often seem to be a thankless profession. Students will readily tell you if you do a bad job (ratemyprofessor and the like) but will much less often tell you you've done a good job.
Apr 22, 2018 at 4:26	vote	accept	CommunityBot
Apr 21, 2018 at 0:59	comment	added	xdhmoore		Once a classmate told me he had enjoyed a lecture and I suggested he tell the professor. He later told me she responded by asking him to meet with her to hear what he had liked so she could get some ideas on what was effective about it.
Apr 20, 2018 at 17:42	comment	added	Andy W		Teaching can sometimes seem like yelling into the void. Gestures that show you appreciated the material, and how you actually use what you learned outside the classroom, are definitely uplifting. They provide validation for effort that we typically do not otherwise receive.
Apr 20, 2018 at 16:27	comment	added	Anoplexian		To add, you could even include what your favorite segment was, whether there was a specific piece that you particularly enjoyed, or what concepts you found interesting.
Apr 20, 2018 at 7:20	history	answered	Abbas Javan Jafari	CC BY-SA 3.0