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Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE August 2010 C11 Difficult classes are the most important KURT MA NWARI N G c Graduate Student, Public Administration uppose you can take a class from one of two professors. One is known for easy A's. The other is known for rarely giving them. What do you do? Now that high school is over, you get a chance to start fresh. Whatever blemishes that might have been in your high school transcripts are gone. When you graduate from the U, your GPA will play a major role in whether get the job you've always wanted or if you get into the graduate program of your choice. The importance of a high GPA is difficult to overstate. It's tempting to sign up for classes taught by professors who are famous for their easy quizzes and even easier A's. One of the most influential professors I have ever had, Luke Garrott, teaches in the department of political science. He taught me about what it really means to think. He was a master of the course material and was open-minded enough to re-evaluate his stance on various issues when students brought up new ideas. He helped shape the way I think. I studied more for his class that semester than all of my other classes combined. I often spent hours trying to make sense of page-long sentences by i9th century philosophers. Before each test I memorized outlines I had created to study for the essay questions. I even made a spontaneous argument in class trying to persuade him to adjust his grading scale—the class erupted in applause. He said I sounded like a lawyer and went on with his lecture. When my grades were finally S See CHALLENGE Page C14 WILLUS BRANHAM/The Daily Utah Chronic! contact k.pratt@chronicle.utah.edu for information about being a news writer for 1he Daily Utah Chronicle. |