I am such a suck-up

This is the letter I just sent to my Professor. Yesterday was the last day of class and he gave us a heartfelt, inspirational lecture with some insights to his own history and life lessons.

I'm not really suck up if I really mean it- right?


Prof. Bond,

I first wanted to say thank you for all the care you put into teaching our class. Your concern/compassion for students and love for teaching is really touching. I truly enjoyed this class and am glad for the opportunity to have you as my very first law school professor (I feel ok saying this since exams are graded anonymously...).

In light of all the "stories" I have heard and the books I have read ("One L" by Scott Turow) about first year classes, you have given law school a down to earth, human touch that was unexpected. I learned, yes, law professors are real people too, with families and interests and biographical stories.

I always felt the desire to teach but I didn't take education classes in college because I was drawn by my own persistent hunger for education. There is so much I still want to learn and discover before I can consider teaching. I think this class will have an enormous impact on my future decisions regarding teaching as a profession. Thank you for your "lecture" and inspiration .

This wouldn't be a proper student-teacher email if I didn't have one final question about the material:

Under the MPC, for a Mistake of Fact defense, does the mistake have to be reasonable for crimes requiring purpose/knowledge or does it have to be reasonable just for negligence/recklessness? The verbage/wording is confusing....

Thank you,