What I learned from my favorite instructors!

Check out my favorite classes/instructors in grad school!

My favorite classes in graduate school provided compelling information, engaging instructors, and the tools necessary to attain my goals. The six instructors that I will remember years from now, are accomplished in their respective professions, and all have a unique personality that I admire. Take Mr. Douglas Schwartz, Management 521 instructor, and an English scholar. His APA instruction, prepared me for the remainder of the program.  In addition, I found my 'writing mojo,' thanks to Mr. Schwartz. Organizational Leadership was another one of my favorite classes. Mr. Gordon Hurley, an IT guy by trade, but also an ex-Army man, taught me business ethics, and how to prepare for a presentation. Fortunately, I was a communications major as an undergrad, and I always excelled at public speaking. However, I never really enjoyed math/quantitative classes. Which brings me to my next instructor, Mr. Robert Trajkovski (Mr. T.). He was my QRB and Statistics instructor, and he always made class fun. An Engineer by day, and author by night, Mr. T's quantitative classes were the most challenging for me in the program. However, he offered so many tools to help students like me, that I found myself entrenched to learn, practice, and master the home work.In fact, there was an online program called (ALEKS), that helped to ease the pain in these classes, and allowed me to practice and learn statistics. As Mr. T. likes to say, "ALEKS is your friend." Unfortunately, I had a few choice words for ALEKS on certain nights (lol). As such, I have a greater appreciation for standard deviation, and analytical thinking. My next two instructors were lawyers, Mr. Stephen Cleary (Human Capital Management) and Ms. Norma Sutton (Business Law). Mr. Cleary had a style of his own. Always engaging, and posing thought provoking questions to the class. I could definitely tell that he was a good lawyer, and I really enjoyed his class. Norma Sutton was a lawyer too. I once fell asleep in her class, and she docked me 3 participation points. Needless to say, I never fell asleep in her class again. A tough cookie, but fair to be sure. This class was important, as is all the classes, but when I open my own business, I will remember Ms. Norma Sutton for her well-informed instruction. Last, my favorite class (Marketing) is where I learned the importance of case studies, business acumen, social intelligence, and strategic thinking. It is the class that marketing professionals learn how to make good business decisions for the organization. Mr. Robert Harris, truly understood the rules of marketing, and influenced the direction of my career! His instruction was always engaging, and helped me to identify professional opportunities for my personal growth. However, most important, Mr. Harris turned me on to several key authors e.g. Malcolm Gladwell, and Thomas Friedman, whom I read and follow to this day. To all my instructors...a heart felt THANKS! You have made my MBA experience a delight. I ask the question: "what instructors inspired you in school?" Each and every night the above six instructors came to class to teach...and I was a sponge! Notwithstanding, if you come prepared to learn, you will excel in the MBA program. As the saying goes, "people can teach you two things in life, what to do, and what not to do."