I love hearing stories of good professors so I enjoyed reading this a lot, but I feel like they're kind of like dreams where it only means something to the person in question and most other people don't or can't bother to care.
The most memorable professor I had in college was Dr Syed at the University of Miami. His research is biological physics but he taught my introductory E&M class. He wasn't necessarily the best professor for all students, and I think most people generally found him a little weird, but he had the exact same teaching style as me and I could feel what he was feeling as he was deriving these equations. It was fascinating to see someone else's brain work exactly the way mine does, and whether this is a good thing or bad thing I have no idea. There was a fair bit of improvising and just writing stuff down and figuring out the problems with us on the spot.
I enjoyed the class so much that I asked him if I could sit in on the same class next semester just to hear him talk, but I think him teaching that class was a 1-time thing. He did invite me to sit in on a biological physics class, which I did for a couple sessions, but I had zero interest in that subject.
wow that's rly cool! yeah it's definitely true that different ppl can have different ideas of what a "good professor is", depending on what caters best to their learning style and what best matches their teaching/thinking style :)
I love hearing stories of good professors so I enjoyed reading this a lot, but I feel like they're kind of like dreams where it only means something to the person in question and most other people don't or can't bother to care.
The most memorable professor I had in college was Dr Syed at the University of Miami. His research is biological physics but he taught my introductory E&M class. He wasn't necessarily the best professor for all students, and I think most people generally found him a little weird, but he had the exact same teaching style as me and I could feel what he was feeling as he was deriving these equations. It was fascinating to see someone else's brain work exactly the way mine does, and whether this is a good thing or bad thing I have no idea. There was a fair bit of improvising and just writing stuff down and figuring out the problems with us on the spot.
I enjoyed the class so much that I asked him if I could sit in on the same class next semester just to hear him talk, but I think him teaching that class was a 1-time thing. He did invite me to sit in on a biological physics class, which I did for a couple sessions, but I had zero interest in that subject.
wow that's rly cool! yeah it's definitely true that different ppl can have different ideas of what a "good professor is", depending on what caters best to their learning style and what best matches their teaching/thinking style :)