I never got a chance to blog about it because my blog was in shambles at the time and I was in the midst of exams…
It’s usually a sad thing when life is unnecessarily cut short. It wasn’t a friend nor a student on campus. It was a professor, but his death felt really relevant to my own life. I was utterly shocked when I found out.
You see, the university sends out emails about any types of alerts or important news. The last one being that there was a man found dead in the pool at a residence near school. No homicide was suspected. It was unfortunate to read about, but I had no idea who it was since they didn’t release any names. One day in class, a friend informed me about the man who died…and how he was someone we knew.
As background information, for the first week of school I had a substitute professor for my Physics class since my actual professor was still on vacation (lucky man). He was very enthusiastic. He only taught for one week, but his words stuck with me. He had said something like, “I love teaching students. I’m not ready to teach a full quarter* yet, but maybe in the future. For now I’m just substituting.” (* quarter = a 10 week term of school)
As it turns out, he was the man who had died. That is truly tragic. Those words he had said still echo in my head when I think about it. He was so enthusiastic, and he wanted to continue his teaching in the future. But he never even got the chance. He was a young man. A man of about 37 years old, married, and just barely got his Ph.D. He was an aspiring professor, and he was already a valuable researcher at the university. It is truly sad.
My friend wondered why my Physics professor didn’t announce the death of this man at all. Our questions were answered about a week later in an email from my professor. It was truly touching and it made my eyes water up. The man who died was my professor’s best friend at the university. Apparently they were rather close. My professor chose not to announce the sad news because he figured we were in the midst of exams and nearing the end of the quarter towards finals so he didn’t want to burden anyone. That is very thoughtful of him, although I think maybe the other reason is that he was just too emotional to announce something like that in front of a lecture hall. I really felt sympathy for the the man, my professor, and everyone it may have affected. I didn’t even know the man personally, but I could definitely feel the loss that resulted from his death. It really is sad.
OMG that is a tragic incident. I'm sorry for your professor, for losing his best friend. And I'm sorry for the university for losing a valuable researcher.
It reminds me of a time when one of our professors in the Geography department passed away. He was gravely ill and even though we knew he wasn't going to get any better, his death still shocked us.
It was very thoughtful of your professor to not announce the identity of the person until after later. It must be hard for him. :(
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WOW that is really sad im so sorry to hear that..There have been students that have died at my school as well and its really devistating. its always hard because even if you didnt KNOW them KNOW you still knew them rather it be you have said somthing to them once or just always see them in the hall.
Hey Kim! I haven't seen you in a while! I did take away the blog part of Pure Orenji, as I'm trying to put all my blogging in one place. In a couple of days, I'll give you the link when it's up. It's kinda good timing that you commented me as I was planning my blog to be opened in a couple of days! I kinda lost motivation to find a host when mine disappeared, and when I did, I was too lazy to do anything about it. But now my exams are over, summer has officially started for me, and I'm hoping to get some stuff done! I hope to hear from you soon!
And wow, that's absolutely tragic. It's so unreal when a teacher dies. I remember when I was elementary school, one of my teachers passed away due to cancer. It was such a shock to me. I always though teachers were some sort of invincible race. Well, I offer my condolences to your physics teacher. It must be so hard on him as well, seeing that they were very close. It's extremely sad to see such an enthusiastic and hopeful person go.
I hope you have a great week! Take care!
Oh Kim, I'm so sorry. I know the feeling when I wish I'd cherished that person more and spent more time with them. It sucks so much the way it's human to take things for granted.
He seemed like a really passionate and cool professor and I think you were lucky to be part of his last class taught and to know him a little bit more than others.
there had been a lot of crime around here, salvage. and a lot worse raped and burned, they could barely recognize the lady
Sad to hear about your story, and i feel sympathy for his family
OHMYGOSH! He seems like a really really nice professor. Sorry for the lost. Just pray for him and remember that he's in a much better place now. :)
Wow, that's really sad. :(
I'm sorry to hear about the professor!
Even if we don't know the person well, deaths are always a huge shock and hit us hard.
aww that'sreally sad to hear sis. condolences. let's just all pray for his soul to rest in peace. :)
Ah, geez, that's such a terrible, terrible time to go.
I'm sorry to hear that. That's so unfortunate. He sounded like such a driven person with so much intellect and potential to become a great professor. This is definitely sad to hear.