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Brad Shaffer

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Sept. 7, 2024
Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A

While I do think Dr. Shaffer is very knowledgable on the subject matter, I'll say that this class was not my cup of tea. (Full disclosure that for my quarter, our midterm was online and open-note due to the closures occurring on campus at the time) A major part of the final grade came from a term paper, a lightning talk on your term paper, and the final exam. For my term paper and lightning talk, I got some points taken off resulting in B and C grades for those assignments. However, no comments or feedback were provided to explain my scores, which I would have appreciated. Moreover, the lightning talks did not really feature a solid rubric as to what was expected, other than simply 'make a concise presentation on important parts of your paper'. As such, I found it odd, as did many of my other classmates, that so many points were taken off (out of 10) without little explanation or even initial guidance as to why that may be. Had there been solid, detailed rubrics for the presentation and paper, I would be a bit more understanding as to why I received the grades I did. I had followed the little guidance they gave to the best of my ability and still got points taken off with no comments or feedback. As such, this class gives me mixed feelings. I was able to salvage an A with extra credit, but this is by no means the easiest class.

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EE BIOL 113A
Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A
Sept. 7, 2024

While I do think Dr. Shaffer is very knowledgable on the subject matter, I'll say that this class was not my cup of tea. (Full disclosure that for my quarter, our midterm was online and open-note due to the closures occurring on campus at the time) A major part of the final grade came from a term paper, a lightning talk on your term paper, and the final exam. For my term paper and lightning talk, I got some points taken off resulting in B and C grades for those assignments. However, no comments or feedback were provided to explain my scores, which I would have appreciated. Moreover, the lightning talks did not really feature a solid rubric as to what was expected, other than simply 'make a concise presentation on important parts of your paper'. As such, I found it odd, as did many of my other classmates, that so many points were taken off (out of 10) without little explanation or even initial guidance as to why that may be. Had there been solid, detailed rubrics for the presentation and paper, I would be a bit more understanding as to why I received the grades I did. I had followed the little guidance they gave to the best of my ability and still got points taken off with no comments or feedback. As such, this class gives me mixed feelings. I was able to salvage an A with extra credit, but this is by no means the easiest class.

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