I just got back from lunch. Granted cafeteria lunch is only slightly better than high school lunch, but with more entertaining chefs, and better drinks (plus all the ice cream you can eat.) This lunch was amazing however. I got to eat with a group of people I am very familiar with, because they all live on my floor. However we had an addition. His Excellency, Ambassador R. McMullen agreed to meet us before he gave a lecture which we attended as part of our Freshman class. We got a whole hour of intimate face time with an expert in the field. He talked about obvious political things, which I would prefer to keep off my blog for fear of my obvious bias. However he also told some war stories, which considering the past face meetings I have had, I still thoroughly enjoy. One more reason I am glad for being at Drake; they bring in experts who not only lecture, but that I can have an actual conversation with. We got to talk about Jordan-he was there in April. I got advice, and we had a less conventional class. This was awesome, and guess what? It will happen 17 more times this year. The Arabic word for things such as this is Al Humdilallah-Thanks be to God!
This morning in my comparative politics class I had something I have never had before. The professor was not sure how he was doing, so he told the class to get out paper and write what they thought of the class. He then had other students read then anonymously, after which he addressed the points. I have never seen that kind of evaluation done unless it was at the end of a semester. Dr. Hamad is a fluid and dynamic teacher who cares about his class.
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