Who was your favorite professor at ISU?
I had to fill an elective once, so I decided to take Intro to Global Politics since I kind of liked the stuff, a little.
The professor turned out to be Richard Mansbach, who is easily one of the smartest people I've ever been around. He would make the class into a discussion one, but he'd just sit up there reciting from memory EVERYTHING. The guy ******* knew EVERYTHING, and to get you to think, he played devil's advocate. There was one annoying guy in class who would always try and debate him, and Mansbach would just destroy him with bringing up some obscure event that barely anybody knows about. Furthermore, he was from Manhattan and not afraid to speak his mind. He didn't give a ****.
I had given up on professors being passionate teachers, but this guy proved me wrong. Extremely passionate.
It was fun too finding out he basically has the credentials to be say, Secretary of State, and was former CIA and formerly a Reagan adviser (I think). I still feel truly grateful to have been taught by that guy. Some people might not like him, but I found him to be my favorite professor at ISU.
I had to fill an elective once, so I decided to take Intro to Global Politics since I kind of liked the stuff, a little.
The professor turned out to be Richard Mansbach, who is easily one of the smartest people I've ever been around. He would make the class into a discussion one, but he'd just sit up there reciting from memory EVERYTHING. The guy ******* knew EVERYTHING, and to get you to think, he played devil's advocate. There was one annoying guy in class who would always try and debate him, and Mansbach would just destroy him with bringing up some obscure event that barely anybody knows about. Furthermore, he was from Manhattan and not afraid to speak his mind. He didn't give a ****.
I had given up on professors being passionate teachers, but this guy proved me wrong. Extremely passionate.
It was fun too finding out he basically has the credentials to be say, Secretary of State, and was former CIA and formerly a Reagan adviser (I think). I still feel truly grateful to have been taught by that guy. Some people might not like him, but I found him to be my favorite professor at ISU.