EastWest Gal
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Biochem major at UC Berkeley. Best courses: 3 quarters of organic chemistry taught by visiting professors. Superb lectures, clear textbook, excellently paced lab with great grad students as TAs in the lab. And since my dad was an organic chemist, I got a bit of coaching from home.
Worst class: Diplomatic history of the United States. I chose it because of time, needed a gen Ed class, and very short book list. Walked into class and she had the books stacked on the table and the list on a board. 7 books for a 10 week class. She droned on and on about the Revolutionary War for 5 weeks-her book, her specialty. We quickly formed a note-taking group and I recorded all the lectures as part of that group. She truly knew how to make an interesting topic really boring.[emoji99]
Worst class: Diplomatic history of the United States. I chose it because of time, needed a gen Ed class, and very short book list. Walked into class and she had the books stacked on the table and the list on a board. 7 books for a 10 week class. She droned on and on about the Revolutionary War for 5 weeks-her book, her specialty. We quickly formed a note-taking group and I recorded all the lectures as part of that group. She truly knew how to make an interesting topic really boring.[emoji99]