I am looking forward to the beginning of the Fall semester with a cautious excitement. On one hand, I am looking forward to the return of some structure in my life, on the other I begrudge the monotony that accompanies student life. Assignment after assignment, test after test, most teachers trying to cover more material than is strictly possible in the given time frame. Fortunately, I know that I will have one excellent teacher during the upcoming semester. I had him for one (tough) class last semester and found him not only to be challenging and fair, but also a well rounded and wonderful professor. I think the element of his class I enjoyed the most was that he didn't use a book to teach - and he didn't need to. He taught us from his own notes on the subject - the way that he had likely learned - with a chalkboard full of diagrams and definitions complemented with insightful lectures. The professor was Dr. Mansur Samadzedah in Stillwater.
