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How do I improve my humor? What do people find humorous?

One thing people overlook when they want to be humorous is, you can not always be humorous.Even the famous stand-up comedians work very hard to create a good content. Trust me, it is not a cake walk but it is not impossible though.Based on my experiments to be humorous, these are the important things I learnt.Steps to be Humorous:Never always try to make a joke out of everything. If you do so, you will become a joke.The joke has only a 30% impact and the rest depends on how the person delivers it. Delivering a joke is an art, one needs to practise. Facial expression plays a key role.Developing a joke is another important thing which is always overlooked. People are not big fans of one line jokes.You have to make a chain from that single joke and take it forward like a story. Also, you should focus on the art of story telling.Never laugh while you are joking, it is others role to laugh.Keep the joke very simple to comprehend.Don’t give out the joke all at once. Reveal it like secret revealed in movies.Enact the joke with funny actions that sync with the words you utter.When you find funny people who can easily make others laugh, notice thoroughly how it is being done but don’t copy them. It may suit them but surely not you. Every one is humorous in their own style. Discover your own style and work on it.Also, don’t overuse phrases like “Just kidding” “I’m just joking”. Be confident about your Humour.Never make fun of anyone just to create humour that hurts others feelings and gradually people will stop finding you funny.Make fun of yourself sometimes(Not all the time). It always works.Tell people, how dumb you used to be in the past. People love laughing at others foolishness.Humour is like a woman, very sensitive and unpredictable. Play safe.

How can I write a thank-you note to a professor?

From the perspective of an old retired faculty member, let me chime in on this. One of the interesting things about teaching - especially at a university level - is that you are never quite sure whether you accomplished what you really wanted to with a class. It’s not unlike parenting in that regard. You try to set a high level of expectations for your students, then try to give them a way to reach those high expectations. And you never know for sure whether you achieved that. (And, of course, it probably means that you may have for some students and may not have for others. I distinctly recall once giving what I thought was a particularly illuminating lecture in a class on what I knew would be difficult material only to overhear one of my students say to another after, “Wow, I wonder what that was about. Didn’t understand a single thing he was trying to say.” Oh, well - I probably needed to hear that!)So I particularly appreciated it when a student would let me know that my efforts made a difference for them - whether it was in just one lecture, over an entire course, about help in office hours, or even our exchanges over emails. It was always welcome - and could be in any form. And it is particularly meaningful when such a thank you comes long after the particular class is over, because that means what was accomplished in that class for that student had lasting value. I received an articulate email from a very bright former student this past June, on the eve of her graduation in mathematics (and nearly two years after I was fully retired), thanking me for how I had conducted the class she took from me three years earlier - and for the time I had spent outside of class working with her (and I was never sure she needed much help). She didn’t have to do that, and it meant a lot to me. It is always nice to hear that the time we spend trying to help our students make progress toward their educational goals is appreciated.In what form should such a thank you be made? I think others have made some good suggestions on that. But, for me, it almost didn’t matter - handwritten notes are certainly special, for someone to go out of their way to make a personal visit just to say thank you is as well, but even a thoughtful and well-written email can mean a lot.I applaud your asking the question - it suggests that someone had impact on your life and education, and you want to let them know. That’s nice.