A Letter...From My Heart...

Dear Professor Ligocki,

Well, it has been an interesting semester, to say the least. I wanted to drop you this letter to express my deep thanks for the way you made Ancient Philosophy just BURST alive for me. The way you talked about Empedocles made me want to leap into the air, grasp my hands to my heart and fall romantically into a pile of soft pillows.

When I think back on the semester, I smile. I remember on the third day of class when I was seriously freaking out... and I came to you after class to get help. I remember our conversation went something like this:

"I am really worried about the tests in this class since I'm not really understanding the book.."

"Oh I'm sure you'll be fine."

"Umm... well, I'm not really understanding the readings... are the tests on the readings only?"

"....yes."

"......................"

".............................."

"..........I'm just still not understanding what's going on.."

"Make it a great day."

Yeah, that was SOOOOOO helpful when you said, "Make it a great day" and then left. After that my day was so incredibly GREAT! And my attitude toward your class was awesome... and after that my grades really soared.

So, in closing I'd like to thank you for a great semester. I look forward to NEVER EVER taking another class with you for the rest of my life.

Oh, and make it a great day.

Jeremy S Dahlen

That Kid: Part III Addendum

Instead of writing another paper like I should be doing, I decided to put an addendum onto my last That Kid posting.

That Kid Part III: "End of the Semester Kid"

End of the Semester Kid only comes out the last few weeks of the semester. It is the kid who has been in your class for the whole semester and you had no idea. Suddenly you see EOTSK leaving class a little early or coming in a little late you say to yourself, "Who the heck is that?" The reason you act so surprised is because you have never EVER seen that kid in your life, and yet he or she has been in the class with you for the entire semester. It's even extra surprising when that kid takes his seat - only three seats over from yours. How could you have missed them??

Sometimes End of the Semester Kid is in more than one of your classes. In one class you talk quite a bit with them, and yet in the other class you don't know they exist. Hopefully they don't think you are shafting them on purpose, because you aren't... you simply haven't noticed that they sit right next to you... shoot.

As I near the end of this semester, I'm noticing quite a few EOTSKs walking around. In fact, it's a little aggravating because it reminds me of high school. On the day of graduation I walked up to several people whom I had never seen before. We looked at each other, pointed, and said in unison, "You go here??" Then we stared at each other, not knowing what to say... so we just congratulated each other, tossed our tassels to the side, and walked away.