Keeping in Touch with High School Teachers and Counselors: Why You Still Need Them
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You might think that keeping up with your favorite high school teachers and even school guidance counselor is juvenile, but keeping those relationships can be important to your future, too. You don’t have to visit your high school campus every time you’re back in town for the weekend, but staying in touch over e-mail, Facebook or online chat shows your appreciation for all the work your teacher did to help you get into college, and that you’re interested in staying in touch for as long as you can.
Just as your teachers were a powerful resource for you in high school, they can be instrumental in your career preparation and academic growth after graduation. Think of them as your local link back to your hometown after you’ve left: they might be able to connect you with internships, informational interview subjects, paying jobs, summer courses and programs, and other opportunities that are easy to miss out on if you live away from the city during the school year. Some of your teachers might be well-known in their field, state-wide, regionally or even nationally, and can introduce you to a whole new network of professionals and academics if you share the same interests discipline-wise.
If you relied on your high school teachers as mentors when you were still their students or still in the same school, you don’t have to give up that relationship, either. While you explore your interests in college, share your responses and questions about classes with those same teachers. They can offer perspective on applying certain courses to the real-world, give you some direction if you’re having trouble picking a major or specialty, or just indulge your desire to talk about your favorite courses. You’ll develop relationships with college professors and counselors, too, but if office hours are over, or you just want a break from the bubble, go online and see if your high school teachers are in the mood to chat, too.
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