It was the most amazing course anyone could have taken. The course had only four students registered and we were from 5 different nationalities and from 4 different religion (instructor included). Almost every class extended for another half hour over a table of cookies and coffee discussing religion, philosophy and politics. But the best discussions till date have been about culture and food :-). Now you guys know why I enjoyed the class so much. The instructor had a unique teaching methodology involving formal debates, review writing and movie watching. The best two debates have been about intelligence and the other about death. I wish I had somehow video taped them. I wonder if I would ever come across such diverse thinking again anytime.
If any of you are wondering what this course was, it was gene regulatory networks, offered by a plant pathologist..and believe me, we would never go off subject. Geisler somehow made these amazing connections and kept us grounded on the subject. Well, what an inspiration. Not to study but to teach...
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