I took this course because I had to, in order be able to
complete my POL cores by the end of this semester. I had no concern which
instructor I will get as I did not really care, I knew POL can never be my
thing. I just had NO interest in it. As I got notified that my instructor is
being changed to a visiting faculty I was a bit more hopeful. Guessing from my
past experience of studying from a visiting faculty I knew these people have a
teaching style which students like me need. A style which not only develops
interest in the course but also makes you want to attend classes.
As with the timeline of the course I started watching news
with more curiosity, first difference. I was more interested in something I watched
only to keep myself updated about topics which hosted heated discussion among
my common peers. I started listening to these political discussions and started
pitching in my input as well.
I realized that a teacher can actually make you doubt what
you want to do I life. A teacher can make you think of careers you thought you
will never take and make you a person you never thought you will be.
As I am getting done with this course and soon will say
goodbyes to Sir Nausherwan Hafeez, one thing I can never thank him enough for
will be that he made me develop my interest in this field of study, as I have
an unintended major of Econ & Pol, I always worried about how will I pass
through all the fatal PolSci courses, but now I’m very hopeful.
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Good Luck.
And I noticed the sudden and unnatural increase in interest while watching NEWS too.
Well thank you for the kind words Faseeh and I'm glad that you've rethought your future. Thinking is good. Thinking brings change. And change is what is needed in this world.
Goodbyes are never good. Instead, I think the German "Auf Wiedersehen" is more appropriate. Roughly translated it means "until we meet again". So auf wieshersehen fine sir!
Good Luck!
I walked into this class confused, and during my office hours I told him that I do not know what I want to do in life. He said "well I haven't figured that out either!" . Unexpectedly, that was the was the best response. Thank You Sir, for making sheep 'think' and pushing us to challenge ourselves.
:)
Thank you for participating and I'm confident that many of you all are no longer "sheep". Go be the change you want to see in this world, figure it out one step at a time, and enjoy this beautiful mystery that we call life.
Sir, all I hope for is the continuous spread of knowledge, I think a majority of people drive out of motivation and the curiosity to read, learn and then challenge just because they don't see much idols around them. I myself was a part of this majority until the very last lectures from you in which this weird thought kept coming to me again and again (especially after your strict lateness policy being an issue of debate in class) that what is it that makes you so strict in some things and so lenient in others. I found that thing to the potential bright future of us we don't see being affected by such little things but you do, as you are 28 yrs "young" (I hope I'm not wrong in the age :P) and we are much less experienced in life than you are.
As, Alexander The Great said, "“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well."
I appreciate all the effort you put in us, I think we, as Pakistanis and because our calm, cozy, and pampered social brought-up need to re-learn such lessons. Lastly, i hope i see you again in life, and even more, I'm very hopeful that I'll be saying "Auf Wiedersehen" to you much later than my course-fellows (yay!).:D
Thanks again Faseeh and inshallah see you soon!
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