Show up to every remaining hour of every class with the best question and most interesting comment you can think of, based on your 2-minute googling of the next day’s topics. You’ll be more interested in the material, so you’ll enjoy it more and make your own connections to it, which will help you learn it, but you’ll also help your teacher by being a reliably enthusiastic contributor to class discussions.

Remember that grades are stupid and teachers hate grading. Never mention grades. Instead, when you meet with your teachers about your course progress or big assignments, ask, “What can I do to improve?” Start by thanking them for making time to meet with you, and end by thanking them for helping you improve. Teaching is a brutal, thankless job. When you ask your teachers for specific feedback on how to improve, incorporate their suggestions, and thank them for their help, you’re doing them a favor while getting smarter.

If you really want your teacher to know you’ve enjoyed their efforts to inspire you to work hard to learn the material, ace the final. What could be a more convincing show of respect than mastering the concepts your teacher dedicated their life to teaching you?

The best part about honoring the heretofore unperceived emotional needs of your teachers is that it will lead to your actually learning the material, rather than just getting an A in the class. This’ll come in handy next year – particularly in math – and in life, when you’ll have to pay rent with the skills you learned in school.