Favorite Class

frdmgir7 · Post by **frdmgir7** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:21 am

Since school just started and I am finding myself missing classes, I thought I'd bring up...

What was/is your favorite class at BGSU?

Mine was Cultural Anthropology with Dan Shoope. I took it during the summer of 02. He was such a cool guy and the class was SO much fun. I recommend him as a professor and that class...you'll get a lot out of the class discussions. I learned a lot about many different things that summer...and I got an A!!!

4th Row · Post by **4th Row** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:59 pm

I've got two that stand out as being outstanding. One was a fiction workshop my senior year with Wendell Mayo as the prof. The class was made up of 10-12 guys, and we got out of hand on a regular basis. There was a lot of good writing going on in there, and I'm pleased to have been a part of it.

The other was an intro creative writing class with Tony Doerr, probably in the spring of '98. Tony is a hell of a writer (see his short story collection, The Shell Collector, and his forthcoming novel About Grace), and a great teacher as well. I learned a lot in that class, and had fun doing it.

Metz · Post by **Metz** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 1:25 am

I haven't graduated yet but I can say any classes I have with Gene Poor are the best of the best. He is a VCT professor and just amazing. You leave his lectures feeling like you can take over the world.

Another one of my favorites was the Intro to Ethnic Studies with Jack Taylor. For a class that I didn't do so well in grade wise, I learned A LOT in there and his teaching style was great! Going to that class was always fun for me.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:00 pm

Co-ed volleyball phys. ed classes ... a lot of the guys were in "guys only" basketball classes, acting like it was a tryout for the NBA. They were beating themselves senseless; meanwhile, I was chatting up the ladies.

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 6:13 pm

Racquetball was great because so few guys and so many girls. I'll never forget learning to play left-handed if you were playing a young lady.

Wonder whatever happened to

Anne Kern

. I used to enjoy games with her. Cute legs and she looked nice in those blue gym shorts. Last I heard she was working at the Univeristy of Tampa in their art gallery.

Favorte classes had to be the Psychology classes: Human

Sexuality and Abnormal

Personalities. Neither was easy, but both were great classes. My Abnormal Psych prof had just completed a residency at the Central Ohio Psychiatric Institute and had several bizarre stories (but his tests sucked - 25 multiple choice questions and each question had five parts and if you got one part wrong, you missed the entire question). I took Human Sexuality thinking Dr. Elizabeth Allgeir was going to teach it, but ended up with her doctoral student instead - still an interesting class.

Also enjoyed the Political Science classes (especially with Dr. Merriam and Dr. Dennis Anderson). Enjoyed the one class I had with Dr. Givens and also Ohio History with Dr. Danziger.

One of the best classes I took was Hitler's Germany taught by Dr. Weinberg. A jewish prof teaching about Hitler - FANTASTIC. He did not promote an agenda with that class - head on teaching! That was a class I'll never forget and the readings for that class - I still have those books!

JTJ94 · Post by **JTJ94** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:15 pm

My favorite class was Constitutional Law with Dr. Ludd. You know a class is great when you want to be prepared for it. Now, the class was very discussion focused at time, and Dr. Ludd seemed to know if you weren't ready to roll. Case law is not a fun ready, but Dr. Ludd created an energy for learning. Very unique.

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:22 pm

JTJ94 wrote:My favorite class was Constitutional Law with Dr. Ludd. You know a class is great when you want to be prepared for it. Now, the class was very discussion focused at time, and Dr. Ludd seemed to know if you weren't ready to roll. Case law is not a fun ready, but Dr. Ludd created an energy for learning. Very unique.

Did you know Dr. Ludd played on Syracuse's basketball team in 1966 with Dave Bing and Jim Boeheim?? Kind of cool...

JTJ94 · Post by **JTJ94** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:45 pm

Did a story on Bing and Russell and how the Knicks and Pistons changed their lives by not picking the regional guy.

But no mention of Ludd in the story ... a terrible omission on my part.

4th Row · Post by **4th Row** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:35 pm

If we're going to include P.E. classes in this, then I should also mention flag football, which I took Spring '98. That class was so much fun. Leon Weathersby from the football team was in that class--nice guy. Needless to say, he made the rest of us look silly.

CapitalFalcon · Post by **CapitalFalcon** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:20 pm

One of my favorites was Business Law with Brent Nicholson. His tests were a B**ch (Centent lifted from the CPA exams), but he was a solid prof!

Tricky_Falcon · Post by **Tricky_Falcon** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:34 pm

Not the greatest class but the best teacher I've had so far is Kenneth Snead who teaches accounting.

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 12:19 am

frdmgir7 wrote:What was/is your favorite class at BGSU?

Two classes that stand out in my mind were both English classes. I really enjoyed Hawthorne/Melville with Dr. Bashore. And I loved Modern Poetry with Dr. McCord. Dr. McCord has a website where you can get his "Collected Works" and a DVD featuring his life and writings is in the works. http://www.possibilityx.com/hm/main.htm

frdmgir7 · Post by **frdmgir7** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 2:00 am

I forgot about Dr. Shook! He was one of my exercise phys. classes and he was SO awesome! I will never forget the first day of class he came in dressed like a race car driver. He acted like a total asshole and strutted around the room. After about 10 minutes when we were all annoyed he took off his costume and became the real Dr. Shook. He introduced himself properly and then said, "now go home and think about why you shouldn't always judge people on the first impression." It was a GREAT lesson...I miss those classes. I learned so much about how to relate to other people.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 8:17 pm

I've been outta school for almost 15 years so I cannot remember any prof names except Bruce Klopfenstein in the RTVF school.

I really enjoyed Beerology 101, 201, 301, 401 and the graduate course!

GO FALCONS! BEAT OK!

Metz · Post by **Metz** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 6:50 pm

Falconfreak90 wrote:I really enjoyed Beerology 101, 201, 301, 401 and the graduate course!

Enjoyed beerology?! With your beerology doctorate, I would sure hope you enjoyed it

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