Professors

So, after all the terrible professors I have had and I'm sure you've had too, its nice to have a group of professors that break the boring academic stereotype.

So my JRN 492, Media Law, professor is a jack of all trades, seriously she's a ski patrol woman, she was a lawyer, she's a priest... honestly you name it she's done it.
So not only is she an interesting person, she realizes that an 8:30 am class about law is dull. Honestly she said on the first day, that whoever decided a journalism class needed to be at 8:30 in the morning didn't know how journalists work... She constantly complains about the time, its nice to be on the same page. So today she brought us doughnuts and orange juice then she read us stories and we watched videos.
Seriously?! How cool!
Law? Dull? Not with Carter...

Don't worry, it gets better...

My HST 302, Revolutionary America, prof is just a right-out the coolest professor I have ever had and the exception to the rule... First of all she came into class on the first day and said she didn't believe in papers or tests... we were having 2 take home essays, because 2 papers is enough.
She also said laptops are fine, she knows she will bore us and we will surf the net and go on Facebook, but as long as we look "polite" and look as if we're paying attention, she is fine... if we're looking at something embarrassing, like porn she may humiliate us in class, but she thinks its fine.
Just when I thought she couldn't break the standard anymore, she read her syllabus..
Seriously? This prof is amazing...
She writes and I quote...
"After two cuts, if you have a good reason for missing class, let me know via email or in person at least twelve hours in advance. (Good reasons include doctors’ appointments, family responsibilities, and so on. They do not include sleeping through your alarm clock or hangovers. Even if you know you will be hung over in advance.) If you have a medical emergency and are unable to email, please show up pushing a portable IV drip the next time I see you. :D"

Then she mentions not giving her hard copies of our only 2 assignments...
"In hard copy or I will tear myself in half and crash through the floor in a fit of rage a la Rumpelstiltskin. Or at least have a conniption fit. Right there in class."
"In hard copy or I will abandon this life and go run with the bulls in Pamplona. And if I am crushed by a raging bovine instead of turning in your grades, so much for YOUR Spartan sagas."

Hahahahahahah, Really?! Seriously? Awesome!
Her goal is to not look or act like a college professor. Accomplished, and it's been 3 days.

My sign prof is just funny, she's deaf and a hoot in a half. She makes fun of us all the time and makes hilarious faces. Explaining this more would force me to explain sign language and the jokes that come along with it and its hard to do that without actually showing you with my hands.

Seriously this semester has promise... let's see if it delivers.
Who sad 400-level classes were hard and boring?! Well, whoever they were, they must have been business or biology majors, because this is just fun.

That's all for now, until next time.
No longer delusional,
The official Maid of Honor.
(That story will follow shortly)