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Describe Your Favorite Professor

We all need a little inspiration every now and then. Sometimes this comes from unlikely stories, or from very direct sources for creative revival. Lately wordpress has been asking bloggers to put themselves to the test to blog daily or weekly. I poked around their topics for one relevant, and inspirational, to use here. The one I found was most interesting was to “describe the worst teacher you ever had.” In my own way I wanted to use this topic and spin it into something positive that we can use for reference. So I’d like you to describe your favorite professor, or what would be ideal in a professor.

My review for my professor is just below. Share your thoughts on this topic as well as who your favorite professor was (or currently is) and why. Maybe your critique can inspire a fellow online learner, and hopefully this experience will help you appreciate the hardworking educators that devote their time and energy to the pursuit of learning. Share your experience in our forums.

My Favorite Professor

She was something to aspire to after graduation. I started developing a hard-working mentality based around her accomplishments and how I could in a way clone them and shape them into my own.

Mrs. Baggott taught several writing workshops, centering around poetry, non-fiction, and fiction. An award writing author many times over as well as a hard-working mother with an active social life. What made her a good teacher was that she didn’t coddle her students. She treated us all like junior writers, and didn’t let us get lazy when mid terms were over. She made herself available as often as possible, and encouraged her students to come out and watch her talk about and promote her latest book. Not only was she sharp with her wit and prose, but very witty and charming. Something she brought to the learning table was a sense of self, growth, and the never ending need to top the last thing you did.

What made her a great professor to me was her dedication to educating in her subject matter, and encouraging persistence.

J. Mason

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