We’ve had quite the amount of visitors to our 486 class to both my delight and disappointment. Yes, disappointment. I can recall visits from the librarian, Mahesh, somebody who had restaurant and tech repair companies, and most recently a Sauder grad who works in Hong Kong (Tienne Fung was her name, I believe).
The amount of diversity which Paul and Jeff are bringing in is great. The infusion of real-life experiences into boring class studies is pretty much what this course is all about, anyways. What better way than to reinforce this with real live examples? These guests stress the importance of interpersonal skills, and they bring with them personal examples.
My only qualm is the one thing they all have in common: success. Wouldn’t it be interesting to hear from somebody who is a failure? Of course, the qualifications of this failure must be reasonable; I don’t want to hear from an idiot who flunked out of Sauder.
To be looking down on the speaker instead of always trying to envision oneself in their current enviable situation. To be able to know exactly what NOT to do, instead of following in well-tread footsteps.
To be honest, I actually mentioned this idea to my friend as a joke, but the more I think about it, the more intriguing it gets.