A Favorite Teacher or Professor

Essay: 2
Option: C
A Favorite Teacher or Professor

Throughout my academic career, I have come across many teachers and lecturers who guided me in various subjects of my study. I could learn different things about professional and social life from them. Among all teachers, Mr. Kamran Karimlou is my favorite professor. He teaches us System Engineering in my Master’s program at CSULA which is my part of study. There are many qualities which stand out and make him the best among others. I liked him for the most important reason is that I have never got bored in his lecture. I like the way he represents himself in class and teaches. He is a little bit rigid but he has an excellent sense of humor. Systems Engineering comes alive in Karimlou's class. Systems Engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering focusing on how complex engineering projects should be designed and managed over their life cycles. He designs his course structure very strategically and well-planned so that we could learn things in easy steps and steadily. Moreover those course structures are very important for practical application in real industrial work. He is always organized with his subject material, topics to discuss and questions regarding them. When he teaches, no one talks about anything but the topic that he discusses. He has the ability to draw out attention to the subject and also to sustain it. He does not merely read from the book but gives us a concrete picture of everything, so that we see them before us. We enjoy his teachings and he makes his classes very interesting by citing examples from day to day happenings and from books outside our courses. He stimulates us to make our activities greater. He always makes sure that every student is well understood about the subject and every problem is solved after each tutorial, no matter how much time or effort it takes. Karimlou believes in individual performance of students. He grades the student based on student’s performance in exam. Moreover, in his class there is always a healthy discussion that generates new ideas and increases our curiosity about the subject. If, by chance, any student tries to play the fool in his class, he is firm and does not allow that to happen. He is a great combination of kindness and strictness.
Karimlou is very passionate about the subject and his teaching. His every single tutorial proves that he is sincere and well-organized about whatever he teaches. His knowledge and experiences are very vast. He has great Industrial experience. Although his subject is engineering, Karimlou has a good knowledge of other subjects also. He is well versed with all the current affairs of the world and he often links what we are studying to something that may have been taught somewhere else in the world. Apart from subjects, he also shares his experiences of his personal life. He talks about the work environment, economic and social aspects of our day to day life. His knowledge and advice not only helps in our careers, but also our personal development too. He cares about students’ personal growth in all aspects and about work-life balance, which is very realistic and practical. Karimlou tells us in life whatever we do to be excellent in that field. He gave an example that being a bartender is not an insignificant job. But whatever we are doing do in more stylish ways and should always be advancing in that profession. He also believes experience makes person perfect. He also puts more weight on the word ‘think’. He tells us to think big and think strategically. He tells us whatever we are going to do just think before doing it. Also he tells us to give a priority to our work or tasks in our routine life and do whatever is most important. He also believes money is an important thing in life and money brings happiness in life. So first earn enough money in life, money and social life both are important. Through this book and Mitch’s story, I could see that Morrie was a very passionate and humble teacher. He became an inspiration for Mitch, not only because of his great knowledge and experience, but also his passion and dedication to his profession till the last days of his life. Morrie was a victim of a life-threatening disease like cancer, but still he wanted to share his expertise and experiences with students. He tried his best to serve his students and gave his time for their development. Morrie’s attitude and efforts became a great support to Mitch’s professional and personal life. With my personal experience I can say that you always need a good teacher who can inspire you, guide you and give you a practical vision of life. I can relate Karimlou to Morrie’s life in so many aspects. They both are very passionate about their subjects and teaching. They are very popular among students because of their practical and rational view of life. They love being among students and help them as much as they can. They both have charming yet down to earth personalities which can inspire any student.
In conclusion, I would like to say that I am much influenced by my professor Karimlou as he is a very good teacher with excellent knowledge and experience. His passion for his work and dedication towards students’ development always inspires me to become a great professional and human being like him. Moreover Professor’s Karimlou thoughts are very realistic and very practical in these days. He strongly believes in being successful in life. And one most important thing I learned beside the study from him is how to live life in today’s world. I can find similar qualities like passion, dedication, care for students and a winning attitude towards life in both Karimlou and Morrie. Those qualities make them inspiration at to others and to me.