As we grew to be engineers, makers and everything in between, we had teachers. They helped focus us, and guide us down a certain path. Today’s the day to celebrate them.
Share a story or two or three.
I’ll start:
Drowning in classes like “digital signal processing,” I felt disillusioned with electrical engineering. Undergrad can be a brutal place. I was about ready to give up.
I somehow ended up speaking with a professor, Mr. Laxpati. He was close to retirement age. His view was a sharp contrast to my beginning on a similar path in life. He shared some stories difficult times he had along the way. How the challenges changed his mindset made him a better engineer.
Professor Laxpati reminded me of why I started engineering, what my goal was, and talked about how to “engineer a career.” I definitely had a clearer mindset after our talk. I stuck with engineering. I chose Professor Laxpati to be my senior design project mentor, of course. I got 2nd place in robotics at the senior design expo. I graduated.
He retired soon after. Well deserved.
He also inspired me to be a college professor. Hoping to help some other students along their journey too. I taught math to undergrads are a community college. WOW, being a teacher is tough work. Little did I know the work professor Laxpati had to do on top of his engineering work. Definitely, someone I aspire to match in life.
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