Class & Professor Evaluation

As a student majoring in education, I knew first off that I had to take this class. The name of the class itself “ Diverse Populations” sounded very enticing and interesting, but I had no idea what it entailed. So, prior to registering for it, I asked a few students who had already taken the class to refer me to a good professor. Believe it or not, good in that sense means easy. Honestly, this is not always my definition. For the most part, I like challenges. But since it was going to be a short six weeks class, I figured easy would be the way to go. None of them referred me to or even mentioned professor McNair. So, I got in His class. On May 12th, 2009, first day of class, I was faced with neither good nor easy, I was faced with education and true knowledge of diverse populations to a dept I could have never imagine. First topic was transformation. Every other topic thereafter was somehow related to transformation. The relationship was not through meanings or contexts, but in terms of equipping and empowering us with knowledge needed from that point on and to the rest of our teaching career. It instilled in us a multicultural awareness and consciousness that will help us to function in any social settings especially those of our public schools. Those we can share and transmit to others. When I told the other students who had already taken the class with different professors about what I was learning and doing in class, they were shocked. Personally, I do not know what lies ahead through the course of educational program, but so far, I could not picture myself being a teacher without the experience this class. I have already envisioned myself sharing the information that I have gained in the class about different cultures, the diverse society, race, racism, sex, sexism, homosexual, inter-sexual, transsexual, bi-sexual, holocaust, prejudice, ethnocentrism, and much more with my future students. I was compelled to read and learn a lot more than I ever had to do before for any classroom requirement. We had to complete 18 reflections with a minimum of 25 lines each on articles, journals or essays composed of at least 10 pages and up to 50 plus pages, a behaviorism, constructivism, and an inquiry lesson plans, a hundred and fifty educational philosophy survey questions, a bio and purpose statement, a digital story, a blogger webpage that includes all of reflections and comments, and the basic uses of livetext.com to upload and submit work and turnitin.com to check for plagiarism. I have, sincerely, been transformed beyond my expectation. This class has laid the foundation that I needed for lifelong learning endeavors. Frankly, I do not think that I am capable of evaluating Professor McNair. But if I could said a few things, I would first say, on behalf of all my class mates, thank you so very much for sharing a bit of your knowledge with us. You are a prepared, an innovative, and a skillful transformer. Your knowledge of the subject matter made us all feel at ease and ready to read every article, journal, or essay, discuss and share our point of views, learn as we listened to your explanations, illustrations, and/or elaborations while reinforcing our participations and comprehensions. I could not ask for more. I am looking forward to having you as my professor again hopefully soon. Thank You, Sir!