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[-] The_v@lemmy.world 32 points 3 days ago

The survivor one was the best.

I took every history course this professor taught even though I was a science major.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alireza_Shapour_Shahbazi

Most of my college professors had very little impact on my life. His classes fundementally changed how I understand the world to this day.

[-] Fondots@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

I had a math professor from Nigeria

The dude spoke like 6 different languages, but when he first came to America, he barely spoke a word of English (which is how he ended up in math, numbers work the same in any language, and probably why he was really good at teaching math)

But the dude had seen some shit in his day, and we'd occasionally get some absolutely insane lore drops about armed militias and such rolling through his village, I'm pretty sure he spent some time as a child soldier, he'd occasionally get a little nervous if he heard a helicopter fly overhead, etc.

I'm glad he taught math, because like I said, he was really good at it, but man, I would have just signed up for a class to hear him talk about his life.

[-] prettybunnys@piefed.social 12 points 3 days ago

I had a calculus professor from Haiti.

He spoke with the thickest African / Caribbean accent I’ve ever heard.

After 3 classes I found myself paying the most attention I’d ever paid trying to just understand his words.

Aced his class, I auck at math and school generally, but the struggle to understand his words turned into “understanding his words”

[-] Archer@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

I had a sociology professor with a British/Jamaican accent and it was always interesting to hear him speak

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

I had an engineering professor who grew up during the Iranian Civil War. He was interesting, and while the anecdotes were rare, they were crazy

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