Story 5 Response:
This was an amusing story that illustrated how important it is to not take ourselves too seriously. I have had instructors that ranged from sever to incredibly casual. On one end of the spectrum, one refused to break away from a strict demeanor, oppressing moments of hilarity or potential endearing scenarios. Once I had a professor fart in front of the class, but she just kept on teaching, which in a way I partly admired because it took some guts, considering several people were near dying from laughter. However, I was often intimidated by her, and she seemed so unreal and cut off from emotion, but I also felt like she was a bit silly too for forging ahead when the class was obviously disrupted. The combination didn't work for me. Would it have been that hard to turn to the class, and laughingly stutter, "it happens to the best of us" before continuing the lecture?
Yet, on the other end of the spectrum, I've had several great professors that acknowledged they were human in some pretty funny ways; one really did involve a porn pop-up such as the one talked about in the introduction to chapter two. These professors were memorable and real; I wanted to know what they knew, and their humanness/humility made that possible.
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