So on my last day of class yesterday, or last day for two of my classes, my professor, Maria Landon, shared a story that I found to be more than entertaining.
Her husband, James, works as a professor at a local community college. One evening, James was not feeling well at all with the flu, so because Maria was also a professor at this college, she said that she would take the class. It was actually the first day, so all she had to do was go through the syllabus (or silly boose and she says) and tell the students what's expected of them for the semster. The class was Business English, not the most excting class in Maria's book, being a marketing professor. So, she devised a plan on the way there to make the class more exciting. She would use the syllabus to her advantage.
So, Maria walks in to the class and waits for everyone to sit down. Immediately, some of the students noticed that something wasn't quite right. In fact, one of the foreign exchange students approached her with his syllabus, pointed to the name of the professor on the top, and said, "You no Jim Landon." She looks straight at him and says, "Yes, yes I am." The foreigner shakes his head and again repeats himself, "You no Jim Landon." "Yes I am," she replies. "Have a seat and I'll explain it in a second."
So, once the class is seated, Maria looks around the room. Looks everyone straight in the eyes, avoiding all appearances of a smile, and says, "Hi my name is Jim Landon, I will be your instructor for this couse and over the break I had a sex change operation." A few of the students snicker and laugh at this, Maria singles them out and says, straight-faced, "why are you laughing?" She then dives right on into the syllabus and enjoys every moment of tension she gets from convincing these people that she was once a he. A few pages into the syllabus, however, she does come clean and when she returns home, she tells her husband of the wonderful tricks she pulled on his first day of class.
Oh Maria Landon. You are all kinds of special.
