Cruz, Jenny

Kind Puffin

No devices in class, minus 0.25, intense recitation

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Hi I took this class last sem, so I'll try to describe how the class was.So first off, no devices allowed in the class. This is a big thing that kind of hung over everyone's heads since any use of a laptop/phone would warrant minus 0.25 from your final grade which is scored out of 4. So essentially we were left with pen and paper in the class. This was especially rough since the class revolved intense recitation around the readings of the module followed by a lecture on the legal/economic concepts. This made a lot of the class print out the readings with their annotations so that they can look back to it during the recitation, but even if you had it on-hand, there was no guarantee you'd find the answer since you had to read each word extremely closely. So many times there were questions that would rotate throughout the whole class and the answer was just a phrase we all overlooked, and we were like 20 students each looking at our own copies of the readings. Anyway, on the readings, they're quite rough, sometimes they'd amount to about 200-ish pages per module, and since you don't know which readings would be discussed, you'd have to read all of it before the next session just in case the one reading you hoped wasn't discussed would be focused on. On the recitations, they vary in terms of difficulty, sometimes he'd just ask you to read off the slide and he'd give you full points, and most times sir would ask you about the readings. These recitations make up 25% of the grade but they are done almost every session. I sat in a class in law school recently and it's almost exactly the same thing I saw, so I guess it'd be good practice for law school if you're interested in that. He actually says that after taking his class, you should be able to answer half the bar exam which is kinda true (that is, if you are able to retain it all). So the rest of our grades were based on these five group papers (15% each), he'd randomize each of the groups into five groups. On these papers, he's very strict with the format (font, page length, and especially citations), and follows his rubric to the T.I think it's been my favorite class so far since Atty Fred really teaches charismatically and thoroughly, I never really felt bored in the class even though it was 3 hours per session, probably cause of the adrenaline of recitations. You can tell that he cares for his students since he'd always share (personal and legal) advice that we could use in our lives and even opportunities for growth (internships, seminars, etc.) that would help us get new experiences, and even guide us into public service. The readings aren't all bad too since we get to watch movies, TV shows, and even comedy shorts (cunk on earth), all of which he's able to tie back into the course content. I think that if you manage to survive, read all the readings, and listen to all the lectures, you'd probably learn a lot and have a great time.P.S. For the final grades, the lowest people got was C+, while the highest was B+, and the majority got Bs. In the syllabus, if you look closely, the bottom threshold for D is 0.001 or something like that so sir makes it literally impossible to fail his class if you do something. Also worth noting is that he gives a lot of bonuses that amount up to 0.3 which really goes a long way.more

Gentle Dove

positive

A-able with time and effort, but i wouldn’t call it unusually challenging! both times, i, along with others in the class, got A’s hehe but that’s because the first time i took him was during intersession and he was my only class, while the second time i took him naman, the economics department had a lot of bonus point opportunities so virtually everyone in the class who maxed out the opportunities got an Amore

Fancy Crane

positive

pretty okay tbh I remember it was 1 reflection paper per module by group. We also had a bunch of bonus requirements which guaranteed that you passed even if you get zero in all the papers, I remember it was attending a seminar and an optional class presentation. He is A able if you do the bonuses and not get a zero for wrong format. I am not sure though if he still gives bonuses.more

Witty Puffin

negative

he very strict about format:(((. Zero for wrong format 😂. Wrong email header zero, wrong citation style zero. As long as you make a format mistake you get a zero. Reqs are by group so all of us got zero in the 1st papermore

Daring Wolf

one of the best classes i’ve ever taken! please take him if you can 🤍

positive

Retake?Yes

one of the best classes i’ve ever taken! please take him if you can 🤍

Keen Kite

thank you so much! Do you think he is A-able?

Jolly Kite

one of the best classes i’ve ever taken! please take him

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Retake?Yes

one of the best classes i’ve ever taken! please take him if you can

Calm Urchin

He chill

positive

He chill

Kind Puffin

No devices in class, minus 0.25, intense recitation

WorkloadHeavy

Gentle Dove

positive

Fancy Crane

positive

Witty Puffin

negative

Daring Wolf

one of the best classes i’ve ever taken! please take him if you can 🤍

positive

Retake?Yes

one of the best classes i’ve ever taken! please take him if you can 🤍

Keen Kite

thank you so much! Do you think he is A-able?

Jolly Kite

one of the best classes i’ve ever taken! please take him

positive

Retake?Yes

one of the best classes i’ve ever taken! please take him if you can

Calm Urchin

He chill

positive

He chill

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