“Agree. Nothing more fun & interesting than a history teacher who is passionate about their subject.”
I can think of one: an economics professor who is passionate about his or her subject. Just kidding-I taught economics for about 30 years but I passionate about it-but nothing compared to Professor Prange.
His desert dry wit was the stuff of legend, though it would get him fired today. He taught until he was 90. A brilliant man, and excellent professor.
From Day One, he was on me to change my major to accounting, he was not a big fan of "business management majors." I finally took his advice the spring semester of my sophomore year.
My accounting professor for 30+ hours taught accounting theory: he never used numbers, and his tests were essay questions...no multiple choice questions. I learned accounting theory so well, I passed the CPA 15 years after graduation, thanks to other jobs before returning to accounting at 35...kids were coming and I needed a steadier source of income.
Even during my 8 years in the Army, my degree was put into use: every unit I was at, I was automatically assigned an extra duty, that of Income Tax Officer. The Spangdahlem Officer Wives Club hired me to audit their books during the two years I was at Battalion HQ. My last 18 months, I was the Battalion S-4, nobody from higher HQ messed with us on finance and budget matters. I was also the point man for the renewal of the Interservice Support Agreement with the Air Force. Great memories.