<p>Son is pushing this decision down to the wire and has decided to go back to Rhodes early next week to focus on assessing the academics. He has been advised to sit in on a "Search" class and I am wondering whether anyone (current students, past students, parents) can comment on which class son ought to attend. His relationships with his teachers have been a strong motivating (or non-motivating force) in high school--he definitely works harder for teachers he likes and respects, and slacks off when the teacher seems not committed or interested. I realize that in college he is less likely to find teachers who are not interested in their subject or not committed to the students learning, but since there are so many "Search" classes offered, I thought I'd see if any one(s) are especially recommended or not recommended. From looking at the class schedule, it seems that these professors are teaching a "Search" class this semester:</p>
<p>David V. Mason
Valerie Z. Nollan
Andrew J. Terjesen
Patrick Gray
Ariel G. Lopez
Richard K. Dagger
Alex J. Novikoff
William H. Harwood
Kristin L. Cole
Bernadette McNary-Zak
Susan B. Satterfield
Karl-Heinz Maurer
Gail P. Streete
Kenneth S. Morrell</p>
<p>So given these choices, does anyone have a recommendation?</p>
<p>Perplexed - I PM’ed you…</p>
<p>PM Curmudgeon-he or his D will more than likely know some of the professors on the list and can give you some guidance. Don’t despair-our family went through the same thing a year ago at this time-things will work out they way they should unfold-at least I keep telling myself that. Rhodes is great school. Good luck in these final days.</p>
<p>Hi! I am currently a senior at Rhodes and took Search with Prof. Gray–he is an absolutely amazing professor and I cannot say enough good things about him! I would certainly recommend that your son sit in on a class with him–he is so involved with his students and the course material, as well as an all around nice/interesting/highly intelligent person. For example, on the first day of class (which was for most of the students, the first day in a college course ever), we all went around the room and told the class our full name, where we were from, the name of our high school and our favorite restaurant and what we ordered there in our home town. Prof. Gray sat back and listened–there were no notes taken and no tape recorder. Much to our amazement, we came back in the next day and all sat in different seats as he listed off every bit of information we had given yesterday and added to it with his own experiences with said restaurant, town, type of food, etc. Although this is a trite example, he truly has a knack for putting his students at ease, connecting with them on sometimes challenging subject material and is so intellectually engaging. Best of luck to your son–I hope he gets to meet Prof. Gray (who has also garnered a popular Facebook group among Rhodes students entitled “I wish P.Gray taught every class.”) He’s just that cool.</p>