Rift Fournier

I got here to Lindenwood on August of 2008. When I came, I didn’t know what to expect. I was very afraid because I was not in my country with my family or friends. Some people said that college here was a lot harder than it is in Ecuador, so I was really afraid about going into advertising here. My advisor picked my classes the first semester as I didn’t have too much knowledge about that. So I had this one class called History of Television. At first I thought, it is going to be so boring and hard! I was scared.

It was my first class from all, so I when early, and then, found Rift. I don’t know how to explain the peace and comfort that he caused in me after getting to know him not only as a teacher but as a person. I thought teachers were supposed to be so strict and demanding, but not him. Rift Fournier (find him in twitter here) is one of the best teachers I´ve had in my life. I loved going to his classes and not only learning a lot in a very entertaining way, but also sharing and having fun. He made the class so personal and created this friendly environment. I remember that he didn’t just say hello every morning, he would ask me how I was and how was I feeling. When he noticed that I was a little bit sad, he would ask me what happened and try to do something to make me feel better.

One very important thing, among everything I learned from him, is that to be good at what you do, you have to love it and be passionate about it. He talked about that in class a lot also. Rift got a lot of important achievements and never worked because of the money, but because he had fun doing his job and enjoyed it one hundred percent. Another important lesson that his life may teach to some young students making a career is the importance of knowing people. Even without internet, networking was so important. It helps you to make contacts and relations with people who could later help you find a job. But most important than that, he is an example of how making and keeping friends is also very important. After all, we are all going to be working at the same time, maybe in the same business.
Rift is a very special man, who has so much knowledge to offer, but still he is very humble and friendly. He is a man that says things just how they are, without feeling embarrassment of anything. We should learn a lot from him, I think that my first semester wouldn’t have been as good if I hadn’t take History of Television with Rift Fournier.

Rift wrote an episode for Charly´s Angels