[Mick]

My memories of Stanford and the profs:

The memorable ones on the plus side were Mary Sunseri, who taught calc (made it fun). Zimbardo (no explanation necessary). Gurley, a socialist who taught Econ 101 (or whatever it was called). 

Wish I had someone like Sunseri. My calc prof was beyond awful. Years later, I ran into him, we compared notes. He only taught at the University level for two years and he told me he hated the experience. Just my luck. Honorable mention to my English 102 prof, an early SJW who taught me the value of style over substance.

You want to try a fun exercise with a small group of people, here's one: have everyone list the class from undergrad they currently use the most in their work lives. My two choices would be Child Psychology and Acting for Non-Majors (my very last class, very useful for sales). Marketing 181 with Moshe Handelsman, hands down my most "real world" class. And any class with a Jesuit prof was at least entertaining. Bonus points if you liked to argue.

[Mick]

My memories of Stanford and the profs:

The memorable ones on the plus side were Mary Sunseri, who taught calc (made it fun). Zimbardo (no explanation necessary). Gurley, a socialist who taught Econ 101 (or whatever it was called). 

Wish I had someone like Sunseri. My calc prof was beyond awful. Years later, I ran into him, we compared notes. He only taught at the University level for two years and he told me he hated the experience. Just my luck. Honorable mention to my English 102 prof, an early SJW who taught me the value of style over substance.

You want to try a fun exercise with a small group of people, here's one: have everyone list the class from undergrad they currently use the most in their work lives. My two choices would be Child Psychology and Acting for Non-Majors (my very last class, very useful for sales). Marketing 181 with Moshe Handelsman, hands down my most "real world" class. And any class with a Jesuit prof was at least entertaining. Bonus points if you liked to argue.