Professors.

University faculty are known for being...well...a bit strange. And I mean, you kind of have to if you want to be a professor. I think it's just some unwritten rule somewhere.

There's the stereotypical professor--old, nerdy, boring, clearly would rather be in a lab somewhere than teaching. Then you have the borderline insane ones--genius, but their mental competency is questionable at best. And the grad students--awesome and nice, but have no idea what they're talking about. Occasionally, you get the amazing ones--interesting and basically know everything there is to know about everything.

Last semester, I had a pretty neutral bunch. This semester there's a bit more variety.

My personal favorite is English Teacher. English teacher is a grad student, but also a borderline insane one. He's got black messy bed-head hair that sticks up all over the place, complete with scraggly goatee, mustache, and soul patch. He's never been on time to class, and I don't think I've learned anything about English so far. He's crazy, all over the place, but dang, he's hilarious. And he knows his stuff. See we've learned a lot, just I'm not sure that it's English-related.

French Professor is pretty entertaining too. He's more the stereotype--old, thick-rimmed glasses, wears jeans with blazers, you know. He's a bit crazy; he'll fire random questions at us and gets really excited about technology, which makes me laugh. He's not French, but when he speaks English, he speaks it with a French accent. He also makes us repeat stuff like a thousand times until we pronounce it right. He's not boring though, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't hate teaching. I like him.

History Professor wins though. History Professor is a genius. He's the only teacher I've had so far in college that can lecture for the entire period without notes or slides. He just talks to us the whole time, and what's amazing, is that he's interesting too. He knows basically everything and is enthusiastic enough to teach it to a bunch of freshmen in a 100-level history class.

I think it's going to be a good semester.

Tip of the Day: I've been told to sign up for classes based on the instructor, not the course number. That's how I've ended up in classes like History 101 and Philosophy 110. So far, it's worked out quite well for me.