(June 14, 2007) — Of its numerous defining aspects, Clark’s Humanities class offering is perhaps its bestknown. A blended curriculum of English and history, Humanities classes boast the largest student population on campus, making the process not only a challenge for students, but teachers as well. Currently, there are two Humanities classes at Clark: one taught by Chris and Jennifer Davis and the other by Stephanie Sajjadieh and Arbella Azizian. Though the first class has remained the same, many can recall Cynthia Nash and Yvonne Dickie teaching the other class when we were sophomores. “Basically, she [Dickie] had a house plant in the front of the class. We would move that house plant around the class as if it were a stapler. We’d talk to the other class through the wall and and we’d have wall-pushing competitions.” — Artin Tahmassian “I remember doing that children’s book [for the Davises] the night before it was due. . . what a hassle. But the kids at the elementary school seemed to like it, so I guess it wasn’t that bad.” — Tamar Mizayan “I think the Davises’ overly-structured from of writing essays made me a much better writer, because as soon as I got out of their class, I used what I learned from them to come up with my own writing style. It really shows in my senior paper, which was bloody brilliant, and apparently, worthy of publication.” — William Pettijohn-Hernandez “Ms. Dickie was absoluetly hilarious and I loved her. . . [Nash] was probably the hardest teacher we had.” — Jason Jimmo
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I survived humanities
February 18, 2009