Dr. George Cozyris
I think everyone has a teacher they would never forget as long as they live. A teacher who would have had a positive impact on their lives. For me, that teacher is Dr. George Cozyris. He taught me so many film courses when I was in university. My favorite course was History and Theory of Film. I have to admit he was a strict teacher, at least compared to the other teachers we had, but looking back now he had to be so strict with us. His classes were the classes that I made absolutely sure I would not miss or be late to no matter what. If I was to have a car accident or a flat tire I would consider leaving the car wherever it is and run to class. If you are 1 second late to class you were locked out and considered absent.
Dr. Cozyris also had a fatherly love. He retired at the same time I finished university. He was 64 at the time. He was there for us when we needed him and he always used to advice us on life and had a sense of humor we would die for… subtle yet humorous.
He is the person who encourage me and motivated me the most when I was in university. I also learnt the most from him. Things did not end very nicely with us before we both left the country. Actually the last time I saw him we were screaming at each other. I worked so hard my last semester, never worked so hard during my entire academic phase, yet I still managed 2 fail 2 of his courses due to technical reasons. My final projects got deleted off the hard disk just days before I was supposed to present them. Three months of hard work got deleted. I had to rent out a studio out of university to edit the projects I worked on in two days! The university studio would be closed during the weekend which is why I did so under the instructions of the school chairperson. Dr. Cozyris was against us using external studios so he failed me. I still do see that as completely unfair. He saw me work hard, and knew my projects got deleted, and witnessed how I worked hard on creating new projects instead in an impossible small amount of time, and yet he failed me. I still have those projects with me. I cherish them more than the projects I spent 3 months on since I worked on them in an emotionally devestated state.
The reason I mention Dr. Cozyris now is because every Easter and Christmas he emails me. Even though, we parted in such an ugly way, everytime I do see an email from him I can’t help but smile. I owe him what I learnt, even though my final grades show that I did not learn anything. I wish I can meet him face to face so that we can talk and discuss what had happened and so that I can show him what I have become… to make him proud. He did believe in me, he encouraged me, and it is because of him I have learnt not to surrender and to be passionate about what I do.
I made a big effort to read the whole post, I think no one replied yet because they are too lazy to read it, but once I started readin I had to finish it. I remember this guy, I saw him a couple of times at uni (when he was still there), I don’t remember if it was my sophomore years or I went just to see some friends. He is I think either from cyprus or greece.
It is amazing how some teachers can leave a mark in your life. For me, it was Pierre Sarkis, you should know him. So many students hate him, and say he’s vulgar, but he’s my favorite teacher. Although Sarkis was not teaching me major courses, but he had a big impact on me.
That guy was really funny outside class, we use to hang out at the bridge, but inside the class, he was very strict. We developed a good friendship, but although we were friends, he never treated me better than the other students.
In fact I failed one of the courses I took with him, just because I didn’t submit my book report, and I had my reasons. The week I should’ve submitted the report I got sick and spent a whole week in bed, still I never blamed him for that. I really miss LAU and uni life now
December 27th, 2005 | #
oh wow! u went to lau?! do i know you?
ya i do know pierre sarkis… i loved the guy as well… i got a 98 on the book report… even though i never read the book i got … it was over 900 pages long! he read my book report every semester after that to his classes and called it a prime example of what he is looking for in a book report!
history if lebanon was a tough course to take with him, i used to write at least 10 pages of notes each hour and i read both the course books, especially sisters of men, i loved that book! i ended up with an A on the final as well.
he is a fun teacher in and out of class…
… i miss lau culture. it was fun.
oh.. and cozyris is greek.
December 27th, 2005 | #
Well first I dunno if you know me from LAU, I went in the last year mark was there. Maybe we’ve seen eachothers at uni, I think we should, LAU’s not like a huge university.
I took History of Lebanon with him took, I never missed any session escept when i got sick the last week of that semester. I had so much knowledge of the history of lebanon cause I love it, which gave me good standing in participation. I missed the book report that semester, because I got sick,and I begged him to give me one day cause it’s finished and it need finalizing, but you know how stubborn is Sarkis and he told us at the start of the semester that he won’t give any delays watsoever, so I got mad at him and didn’t come to do the final and ended up with an F, which I proudly deserved lol. But I retook the course with him and ended up with an A. I always registered courses with him. I like his classes. Was it possible we took history of Lebanon together?
Well I miss lau too, but believe me now staff at lau suck, it’s really annoying, I am not attending classes anymore and not taking spring semester either, I am transferring to ndu next fall. But theses years I passed at lau were my best years, I had lots of fun, now when I think about it, I would do anything to get this experience back.
And about Cozyris, I saw him once when we went to lau at school, since my dad r.i.p. used to be a tv director I had some knowledge in technical stuff, so I started talkin to him, he seemed a nice person. It’s bad people like that stop teaching.
December 27th, 2005 | #
This means you were in university my final 2 years. I am sure we didn’t take history of lebanon together since i took it during my first year. But I am sure we must have crossed paths during those 2 years.
As for it being a shame for people like Cozyris to stop teach, he retired at the age of 64. I am sure he gave a lot to the industry and impacted a lot more students than just myself.
December 28th, 2005 | #
Oh I see, so there is no way we could’ve taken it together, but I remember Sarkis readin for us a book report, but I never knew it was yours. I am sure too we crossed paths during these two years.
As for Cozyris, well I know he retired, but what I meant that from what I read, and my conversation with him, that people like this man are rare, that’s what make them special.
December 28th, 2005 | #
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