Getting to Know You: Gene Hood
Art and Design
Issue date: 9/12/05 Section: Showcase
Favorite movie: "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Favorite band: Caspar David Friedrich
Favorite song: "Beethoven's 4th Symphony"
Favorite book: John LeCarre's "Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy"
Favorite sport: Tennis
Favorite show/sitcom: "The West Wing"
Favorite animal/pet: Yellow lab
Living or dead, who would you like to meet: Marcel Duchamp
Worst excuse you've ever heard: My dog died
Something students do that annoys you: Mispell easy words
Guilty pleasure: Belgian Beer
Worst fear: Being homeless
Minnesota or Wisconsin: Wisconsin, Packer fan
If you won the lottery: Go to Europe for a year
Class you recommend to students: Logic class
Quote to live by: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Friedrich Nietzsche
What did you want to be as a kid: Artist
When you get home from work, what's the first thing you usually do: Sit down and eat with family
Weirdest experience as a teacher: N/A
Best experience as a teacher: Teaching in National Gallery of Scotland in front of great masterpieces
Craziest college student story: Made a sculpture out of a waterbed and chocolate cakes
Words of wisdom for students to excel in school: Keep up and read ahead
One word that best describes you: Positive
According to professor ratings Web sites, you have received a B+ and 3.7 (out of five), why do you think that is: I try to be really fair and clear about expectations, and I want students to do well. I just don't like giving bad grades. My students earn their grades instead of me giving them.
Getting to Know You is a weekly feature on Mondays compiled by the Showcase editors and various professors at UW-Eau Claire.
Favorite band: Caspar David Friedrich
Favorite song: "Beethoven's 4th Symphony"
Favorite book: John LeCarre's "Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy"
Favorite sport: Tennis
Favorite show/sitcom: "The West Wing"
Favorite animal/pet: Yellow lab
Living or dead, who would you like to meet: Marcel Duchamp
Worst excuse you've ever heard: My dog died
Something students do that annoys you: Mispell easy words
Guilty pleasure: Belgian Beer
Worst fear: Being homeless
Minnesota or Wisconsin: Wisconsin, Packer fan
If you won the lottery: Go to Europe for a year
Class you recommend to students: Logic class
Quote to live by: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Friedrich Nietzsche
What did you want to be as a kid: Artist
When you get home from work, what's the first thing you usually do: Sit down and eat with family
Weirdest experience as a teacher: N/A
Best experience as a teacher: Teaching in National Gallery of Scotland in front of great masterpieces
Craziest college student story: Made a sculpture out of a waterbed and chocolate cakes
Words of wisdom for students to excel in school: Keep up and read ahead
One word that best describes you: Positive
According to professor ratings Web sites, you have received a B+ and 3.7 (out of five), why do you think that is: I try to be really fair and clear about expectations, and I want students to do well. I just don't like giving bad grades. My students earn their grades instead of me giving them.
Getting to Know You is a weekly feature on Mondays compiled by the Showcase editors and various professors at UW-Eau Claire.