CONTEST !!! NOT CLICKBAIT

How far have we come since the start of fall? Very far. 

The first day of classes was a smooth sail into the first year of my academic comeback. Last year, academia kicked me in the booty and I was sent spiralling into a degree change (I am happier now, I promise). The last day of classes was a bittersweet goodbye (but only between me and my sociology prof and sociology friends) – I had no friends in bio or astronomy. And somehow my astronomy professor condensed a whole course I took at trent university into one lecture – good for him, honestly. There is no such thing as goodbye in German class (maybe because it's actually pronounced Auf wiedersehen), because I will see them all next semester, for better or for worse.

Class reviews:

My astronomy professor started the semester telling us about how the sunset is actually the earth spinning and the sun is not actually setting. A wonderful moment in the semester was one slide that said: "I hate to break it to you but..." and there was a graph showing that the Earth will no longer be habitable in a billion years. He ended a semester with telling us that "Elon (they are on a first name basis, apparently) is trying to send us to Mars, but that is stupid." He sent out a mass email that said "your exam is next week, maybe you should read the textbook if you haven't already." He would also consistently leave class right after the lecture... like not wait to answer questions. I would look down to put my stuff into my bag and then look up and he disappeared: we (me and Sarah) have come to the conclusion that he is afraid of teenagers. He wins the award for the professor with the most underrated sense of humor, and the iPad kid award. 

My physiology professor was fighting a 12-week-long battle against Microsoft Outlook, and was losing (rip). Every time I would email her, her reply would include "I am overburdened by email." She was well known for putting graphics in the slides that were fully in French (and saying that if you didn't speak French... shrug) and speaking in class for the first 10 minutes without turning on the microphone. My unassigned assigned seat was in the front row and the lockscreen of the girl who sat next to me (on her laptop) was Alice and Jasper from Twilight. She (the professor) put up a Youtube video called "3 hours of ambient Christmas music" and told us that it would be on the exam. She was also beefing with the faculty of science, it appears. She wins the award for the most Quebecois person I have met in the year 2024.

My sociology professor was literally an angel and I already miss her. I wrote her a love letter in the form of email last, not only to tell her that she was truly lovely and a hero, but also to ask for the recipe for the infamously controversial gluten free corn bread she made. My parents gobbled that right up – they are animals. I also traded my GF corn bread for this girl in my German's class GF biscotti. She never replied to my email, and also sent me another email from her phone number??? Putting her as my emergency contact ASAP. This is truly the first professor I became besties with. She wins the award for the biggest sweetheart. 

My german professor was like a gen Z in a middle aged german lady's body. I told her that there are usually more than 60 people at my extended family Christmas Day dinner, and she told me that was too many. One time, someone asked her if she was okay and she said no (which is so real). I also developed a system where if I didn't know the answer to one of the questions, I would make eye contact with her and look away for another question I knew the answer to so that she would call on me. She also left us for a week and went to Germany (there was a valid reason). She wins the award for the most gullible. 

Here is the link to fill out the form where I asked all my profs to take a selfie with me. For each prof, write your honest opinion of what you think they will say when a stinky person (me) asks them to take a selfie with me. selfie form! – if you get the most right, you will win !!! 

HERE ARE THE STANDINGS:

Matt: 4/5

Olivia: 4/5

Maui: 1.5/5

Chloe: 0.5/5

Holly: 2.5/5

Ottawa Clara: 2/5

Nicole: 4/5

Michelle former roommate: 3/5