Scholar and a gentleman
I did psychology at university, I had a lot of great lecturers, and a lot of not so great ones, but one sticks out the most. My best lecturer was possibly one of the finest teachers you could ask for, I'll call him "N".

N lectured me across a number of different subjects as I studied psychology, but he always brought the same enthusiasm and wit, no matter the subject. He would often use Buffy the vampire slayer as an analogy for the id ego and super ego in psychodynamic theory, he was a big Buffy fan and it did make things stick a little better. He always reminded me of Stephen Fry, he was intelligent and funny but had an air of depression about him.

Lectures on research metods were a dull, dry subject, he knew this, and would insert dry jokes into his lectures as much as possible, you could always tell who was listening as they would smile or chuckle at the jokes. He really did love his job, he always had time for a student, even a thick like me.

Shortly after graduation I was invited to join a Facebook group about him, a memorial. He'd suddenly been taken ill and doctors found he had widespread inoperable tumors, there was nothing that could be done and he died very quickly. On the morning of his death, he received confirmation that he had received his PHD. I hope he was aware of this.

When I think of him, I think how big a shame it is no more students would learn from him, no more research would be done and his great mind was now gone. Most of all, I remember his beaming smile as he met my eyes as I graduated, and I miss the man who cared so much for his students.
(Mong goose, Thu 17 Mar 2011, 18:03, 2 replies)

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He sounds like he was a great man and this is a fitting eulogy
(Studentken is looking for motivation on, Thu 17 Mar 2011, 18:09, closed)

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Touching and well told
(Stiltzkin, Fri 18 Mar 2011, 14:26, closed)