Volume 137, Issue 8
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Louis E. Schubert’s persona and teaching style makes him one of the most vibrant and passionate instructors you will find at City College.
This is his fifth year teaching Political Science at City College. He teaches four sections of Am-erican Government, which in-clude political theory and ethnic politics in the United States.
Schubert received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Southern California in 1996. He realizes that political science may not be the most interesting subject to his students, but he tries to link it to their everyday lives so they can see how politics will affect them.
“He took on an Ethnic Pol-itics course and turned it into some-thing students really like,” said Darlene Alioto, chair of the so-cial science department.
“What I want for them to take with them from this class is an appreciation of what is going on around them and maybe the sense that they can participate in it,” Schubert said.
Schubert usually starts off his class by asking his students to write up a question about recent events. He spends much of the class time answering these questions.
One of the questions Schubert asked his students was how many students in the class were currently working? He discovered that of the 40 students in his class, 38 of them were employed. Of those, 35 had full-time jobs and eight of them had just finished a night shift right before coming to class. Schubert’s class begins at 8:00 a.m.
This amazed Schubert and gave him a newfound respect for City College students. He is willing to go the extra mile for his students because he believes they would do the same for him. “Louis is young and enthusiastic, very student orientated,” said Alioto.
Schubert finds City College to be a very positive place and an environment where students want to learn. “I get to be with people I like, my students,” said Schubert. “I love my colleagues. This is a great bunch of people because everyone is committed to education.”
He is amazed that he gets paid to teach politics, a subject he loves and enjoys.
Schubert recognizes that most of his students are not going to take another Political Science class.
He hopes they will, but un-derstands if they do not — this is what drives Schubert to make a lasting impression about politics on his students.
e-mail: dvaldez-sanchez@theguardsman.com
TAMING POLI-SCI: Style brings life to substance
BY DIEGO VALDEZ-SANCHEZ
Staff Writer
 Schubert teaching his Ethnic Politics course, attempts to relate politics to his students’ everyday livesPHOTO BY SARAH THEISS |
This is his fifth year teaching Political Science at City College. He teaches four sections of Am-erican Government, which in-clude political theory and ethnic politics in the United States.
Schubert received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Southern California in 1996. He realizes that political science may not be the most interesting subject to his students, but he tries to link it to their everyday lives so they can see how politics will affect them.
“He took on an Ethnic Pol-itics course and turned it into some-thing students really like,” said Darlene Alioto, chair of the so-cial science department.
“What I want for them to take with them from this class is an appreciation of what is going on around them and maybe the sense that they can participate in it,” Schubert said.
Schubert usually starts off his class by asking his students to write up a question about recent events. He spends much of the class time answering these questions.
One of the questions Schubert asked his students was how many students in the class were currently working? He discovered that of the 40 students in his class, 38 of them were employed. Of those, 35 had full-time jobs and eight of them had just finished a night shift right before coming to class. Schubert’s class begins at 8:00 a.m.
This amazed Schubert and gave him a newfound respect for City College students. He is willing to go the extra mile for his students because he believes they would do the same for him. “Louis is young and enthusiastic, very student orientated,” said Alioto.
Schubert finds City College to be a very positive place and an environment where students want to learn. “I get to be with people I like, my students,” said Schubert. “I love my colleagues. This is a great bunch of people because everyone is committed to education.”
He is amazed that he gets paid to teach politics, a subject he loves and enjoys.
Schubert recognizes that most of his students are not going to take another Political Science class.
He hopes they will, but un-derstands if they do not — this is what drives Schubert to make a lasting impression about politics on his students.
e-mail: dvaldez-sanchez@theguardsman.com