In our second to last day of class our professor asks us if we meet on the street 10 years from now and I asked you what you remember from class how many of us will remember anything? I sat back and reflected on his question for a moment. My first thought as I would see him being wheeled around by his wife would be Wow! He is still alive! I guess God isn't ready for him yet! But then after the question was proposed I would recall a few things.
Right away I would think of the camel challenge and how it was tobacco that funded our country when our nation was still a baby. Then I would recall that darn song Sympathy For The Devil that we had to listen to daily and even in the future I would find myself still listening to it and feeling that giddy freedom that devil can make us feel at times, even if it is wrong.
I would remember learning about the Iroquois being of a matriarchal society. I know I will remember that for the rest of my life as we have a family cabin on Iroquois St in a certain town. I know that name and it will just stick with me.
I will remember somewhat comparing the Revolutionary War with the British coming to take away their guns to what is happening in the US today. I can still picture our professor performing a small skit of how the patriots would of acted like when that would of happened.
I will tell him I recall Anthony Johnson who was once an indentured servant who became a slave holder himself after he paid his due time. He ended up moving further north because he could sense a difference between the blacks and the whites in the south and they were starting to get different treatment.
I learned more information on the battle of Trenton and how important it was that Washington won. I didn't know that he was about to lose his army at the end of the year if he would of lost that battle. That information will be carried on with me.
In small talk I know he will still be teaching, even wheel-chaired bound he may be as my children will also have him as a teacher. My one older daughter (the one who didn't come to class) wanted to go to an out of state college in the next few years but after her hearing about my history class she is excited about coming to Ferris and having a professor like him. He teaches with passion, even after all the years of teaching and I hope I can take that same passion with me when I teach history. I know history isn't everyone's cup of tea but if they can learn to respect it and appreciate it than I know I will have done my job right of teaching it just like how my professor has done to me.
