Gabriel Almonte 

After reading the article I realized I use rhetorical analysis often. Every semester I get nervous wondering how my teachers will be. I read reviews on ratemyprofessor.com to try to find teachers that are generally liked. However, everyone has their own preferences with teachers. I was enrolled in a writing for engineers’ class with another teacher and she looked older, wore glasses, and didn’t seem mean but seemed serious. I took notes of these things mentally and I was worried if I would be able to excel in this class. She then assigned a 2-page report on why writing courses are important to STEM majors. This being my first engineering class I dropped the class. I quickly searched for other openings and found the class I’m currently enrolled in. After reading good reviews I decided to take another chance on the course. I arrived to the class nervous because I thought the course would be too difficult but I arrived to an environment I wasn’t expecting. The seating arrangement in the class made me feel like the classwork wouldn’t be too stressful. Then the professor walked in and she was young, had tattoos, and a fresh hairstyle. After that, I was happy, I thought I made the decision in switching to the class I’m currently enrolled in. Shortly after my professor came up to me and explained the assignment at hand and a quick description on how the class was. The conversation supported my initial thoughts, I was satisfied that I took the chance after reading the reviews because a professor like this is what I want in all my classes. I tend to connect younger teachers with being more understanding while they try to make the course about learning what I need rather than making me do unnecessary work to keep me busy. While I tend to connect older teachers with just going by the book and not being open to new methods and ways of teaching. I try to avoid that because I believe that things have changed around the world so teaching methods must change as well.