Comments on: gruel sandwiches http://ryanharne.com/2008/02/04/gruel-sandwiches/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:31:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Richard http://ryanharne.com/2008/02/04/gruel-sandwiches/#comment-62497 Richard Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:32:05 +0000 http://ryanharne.com/2008/02/04/gruel-sandwiches/#comment-62497 It is wonderful to get a professor that is passionate about his/her discipline who is effective in communicating without letting their ego get in the way. Years later you will look back and have an even deeper sense of respect for their skills and how they positively influenced you. On the other hand, I had a brilliant Thermo professor that was full of himself. He was more excited about talking about his real estate investments at the beginning of the lectures than the technical material. He was extremely wealthy and really did not need the money from teaching. He owned over 1000 apartments in Washington DC. One day when the professor failed to show up, the department Dean walked in to announce his classes for the week were canceled. It seems the professor was in jail.... apparently he was a slumlord and a judge had thrown him into jail for failing to fix required repairs in many of his apartments. Looks like things caught up to him. Now that was a day when the class discussion and laughter can be remembered almost verbatim. It is wonderful to get a professor that is passionate about his/her discipline who is effective in communicating without letting their ego get in the way. Years later you will look back and have an even deeper sense of respect for their skills and how they positively influenced you.

On the other hand, I had a brilliant Thermo professor that was full of himself. He was more excited about talking about his real estate investments at the beginning of the lectures than the technical material. He was extremely wealthy and really did not need the money from teaching. He owned over 1000 apartments in Washington DC.

One day when the professor failed to show up, the department Dean walked in to announce his classes for the week were canceled. It seems the professor was in jail…. apparently he was a slumlord and a judge had thrown him into jail for failing to fix required repairs in many of his apartments. Looks like things caught up to him. Now that was a day when the class discussion and laughter can be remembered almost verbatim.

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