Best professor you've ever had and why

Lindagaf
Sun, 06 Aug 2017 17:56:42 +0000

I remember two professors. The first was Dr. Samuelson, at CSULB, English Lit. Man, he was TOUGH! His tests were a nightmare. Basically only 2-3 exams in the semster, and we had to do a ton of reading from the Oxford Anthology, with those tissue-thin pages. The tests would be like this: “random quotation from the assigned reading.” Identify, provide context, analyze, etc…in essay format. He was ridiculously hard, but I learned a lot from him.

The second taught Chinese history, 1900-. Can’t remember her name, but she really made the subject come alive. In fact, she solidified my yearning to go to China, which was the greatest trip of my life. Stupidly, I took the class pass-fail, which is a shame. Because I was so engrossed, I did really well. She wrote a note on one of my papers, asking me why I was taking it pass-fail. Wish I hadn’t!