~*The Polar Bear Prof.

Some of you may think that the title is a bit strange but those of you who know the Professor that I am referring to would get it right a way. Anyway, there is a Professor at the University that I'm attending that is famous for his off the topic stories and for his 'out there' personality. Though he teaches such subjects as Canadian Criminal Justice System and Penal Government & Federal Imprisonment, one should not expect this Professor to teach you much as the Prof gets off track placing the responsibility of learning about the topic exclusively on to the student. Many of the students know this about the Prof. so they don't go in with high expectations; most students take the Profs classes for the entertainment value and for a somewhat easy A. Last year I ended up having this Professor for one of the Core Requirements for a major in Criminology and well I learned quickly that this was going to be very different from my other classes. The Professor would spend maybe the first ten minutes of each class on something that was actually related to the course but then the Prof would go off track once a student mentioned something that would make him remember a specific event in his life. The story/event that sticks out the most to just about all of the students is the time where he shared with the class his adventures up North (Canada). He was apparently ice fishing where all of a sudden a polar bear appeared and started to chase him; hence the title 'Polar Bear Prof.' When someone mentions the Profs' name to another student the common question that they get is; "Is that the one that tells stories about polar bears?"
The whole point of this posting is that I have this Prof. again and I promised one of my friends that I would keep her updated about what happens in each class and what stories he happens to share. I've only had his class twice so far as it is just the beginning of the school year and well he hasn't really said many far out there things but that will soon change. Today, however, he did mention something that was a bit funny- we were talking about how music can influence violent behaviour in people where one student pointed out that from his experience as a bar tender he found that if a song would come on like 'the ace of spades' the boys would start jumping up and down & bumping in to others (as the music is getting them pumped up); when all of a sudden someone would accidentally knock someone's beer on to the floor which starts a brawl. However, he said when a song such as Justin Bieber is playing every thing/one is calm. With that the Prof. asked the class, "Well yeah but who here actually listens to the Biebs?" I just found this quite funny as Justin Bieber is very well known and this fifty plus year old man is calling him the 'Biebs' which many of his fans call him.
I will be posting stories about the Polar Bear Prof every week where I can promise you that it will get a lot more interesting as the time goes on and well the class that I am taking with this Prof. is for the full year so yeah..stay tuned....