My Expectations and our first class

So, I'm not going to lie...I was pretty much dreading this class. I mean, I am a Senior, in my last semester and put this class off until now. I've heard mixed stories of the course; there were some students I spoke to that absolutely hated the course, thought it should be a Gordon Rule class because of the amount of writing, and couldn't find a single nice thing to say about it.  Then there were those who said it was the easiest "A" they've ever received. I figured out that it depends on the teacher you get for the course! I wrote down names of the hated, and the loved...and I ended up with neither. I've never even heard of Prof. Muldoon! 

At first, I thought it was a bad thing..."man, stuck with a teacher that I have no heads-up about"...however, the more I thought about it, it occurred to me that perhaps it's better that I don't have any pretenses about the teacher of the course; no pre-determined notions, no pre-meeting judgments and biases...maybe I'm over thinking it, but come on. It's my last semester and getting this done the least painful way possible is all that's on my mind. I don't want you to think that I'm looking for easy "A's" because that's definitely not it; I love to be challenged and I am so sick of taking courses that are just full of BS assignments that the teacher themselves don't even seem interested in. What happened to teachers being passionate about what they teach? Seems like most of them have lost this...except Professor Muldoon, which I learned on Wednesday during our first class. 

I came in, in sort of a sour-ish mood (from pure dread I imagine) and he was so upbeat and full of interesting facts that I was instantly fascinated. I tried to remember as much as possible because all I wanted to do was share this information with my husband and my friends; corny? Maybe, but the class has already opened my eyes and made me take my blinders off. Climate change? Over/under population? Peak oil? These are things I normally try to AVOID thinking about. Not anymore!  

My expectations for this course are now EXTREMELY high, thanks to Prof. Muldoon; I'm pretty sure you stated in class "This will be the best class you ever take at FGCU"...that's quite a challenge and I look forward to seeing how this course will leave a lasting impression of my final undergraduate semester at FGCU! 

(Personally, I'm glad that he has already changed my opinion of the course...its so much easier to take a class from 5-9pm that you actually WANT to go to, rather than one you hate.)  :)