Dear Professor,

First of all, let me say that I really want to reveal your name because you deserve tons of recognition and a hefty bonus. But then people would accuse me of writing this letter in hopes of boosting my grade. So instead I will slyly slip this letter on your desk with my LSU paws number on the front. But back to the point.

Dearest professor, thank you for not being a D-Bag. I think that all of us respect you so much simply for the fact that you respect us as well. You do not treat us as the immature college students that we most definitely are. Although people have asked some amazingly stupid questions in your class, you have never treated these questions as amazingly stupid questions. This is why we are all willing to answer or ask questions without fear of being ridiculed. Also, on the rare days that no one volunteers to answer questions you never randomly call on poor unsuspecting student. Because of this we students do not live in fear.

Thank you for being fair. You told us on the first day of class, “If you miss a test or an assignment for a legitimate reason you will be able to make it up." Although this might seem like an obvious grant, you would be surprised, kind professor, of how many teachers would not allow this. Further, in your class, I have found that the amount of work I put in reflects the grade I will eventually get. Perhaps one of my favorite things about you is that your test questions are not ridiculously complicated. They simply assure that we know the material. It is refreshing to realize that I am more or less in charge of my eventual grade. Even further, thank you for canceling class when you cannot attend. We all appreciate not having to listen to our TA lecture on and on.

Also, thank you for letting everyone fully voice his or her opinions or thoughts. A few days ago our entire class listened to a student ramble on for a good five minutes. I am impressed you did not interrupt her (because I was tempted to). Thank you for letting class out early when you finish the material for the day instead of stating, “Alright guess we can start the next chapter."

Thank you for interspersing corny jokes with your lecture. Due to the fact that your class is a Tuesday/Thursday class, it pains me to state that even your wondrous class can feel long. However, these random jokes thrown in with the lecture keeps me sane. I will sum up this letter by stating that I actually find myself looking forward to your class. Okay, that might be a slight overstatement; but seriously, it's not boring and for that I am forever grateful.

Yours truly,

Sydney