This is not a scene you see every day, the chancellor of the university walking to class.
It's been a long time since I have been a student and I am looking forward to the opportunity to going to class.
It's been a long time since I have been a student and I am looking forward to the opportunity to going to class.
It's been a long time actually since I have been to a class.
Chancellor Cheek is taking part in the "Walk In My Shoes" program organized by the Student Government Association (SGA).
The goal of the program is for students to show administrators what a typical day is like for them
by having the administrators tag along with them for part of the day.
I am looking forward to having the opportunity to see what students experience at the University of Tennessee,
to see one of our classrooms, see one of our professors, to see the students.
The chancellor wasn't sure what to expect as he walked with sophomore Ross Rowland to his Political Science 101 class.
But one thing is for sure, the chancellor's attendance didn't go unnoticed.
I think they were definitely surprised that he was sitting right there in the class.
Rowland's class was a review for the final in which students played jeopardy.
In the heat of the game, the students forgot the head of the university was sitting in the room and Chancellor Cheek got an inside look of what a class at UT Knoxville is like.
It got a little candid at times, so I think he got to see what a typical class is like. So it wasn't too different than a typical class.
I was impressed with the answers. I am glad I didn't have to answer those questions.
In general I think I would do just fine but I am glad I didn't have to answer those specific questions.
At the end of the day, the chancellor learned more than just some facts about the U.S. government,
he learned what it is like to be a student at the University of Tennessee.
Any time you get an opportunity to interact with the students, you get a better understanding of what the students do
and how the university helps them along the way.
He is a good guy and it was a good experience. I enjoyed it.