Professor
Jon Fong
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Most Helpful Review
Spring 2020 - As a heads up, this class is taught by both Donald Brown and Jon. I will write this review based on Jon’s class. Also, as a heads up, I took this class during the coronavirus pandemic. First of all, Jon was miles ahead of Donald in staying on top of things. He actually posted lectures on time and he actually answered questions on the CCLE forum. Next, he listened to us. When we asked him to switch out his powerpoints to videos that could be fast-forwarded, he listened. Also, Jon’s presentation skills are far better than Don’s. His lectures were also a fraction of the time of Don’s; about 30 minutes of recorded video. Jon’s Homeworks, however, had unclear instructions. They basically boiled down to rating people’s investment pitches, and your grades was based on how Jon and the rest of the class rated the pitches. In other words, homework usually required you to subjectively rate a subjective pitch. The homeworks took not too long-for Jon’s portion of the class. However, in normal years the project is a time crunch, and the essays require far too much work. But at least there are extra credit homeworks to boost one’s grade for Jon’s portion of the class! Also: For the prisoner dilemma problem, you’ll be asked to select for 10 or 20 extra credit points. Select 10 points; if enough people select 10 points, Jon will give EVERYONE 20 points. This completely trivialized the class.
Spring 2020 - As a heads up, this class is taught by both Donald Brown and Jon. I will write this review based on Jon’s class. Also, as a heads up, I took this class during the coronavirus pandemic. First of all, Jon was miles ahead of Donald in staying on top of things. He actually posted lectures on time and he actually answered questions on the CCLE forum. Next, he listened to us. When we asked him to switch out his powerpoints to videos that could be fast-forwarded, he listened. Also, Jon’s presentation skills are far better than Don’s. His lectures were also a fraction of the time of Don’s; about 30 minutes of recorded video. Jon’s Homeworks, however, had unclear instructions. They basically boiled down to rating people’s investment pitches, and your grades was based on how Jon and the rest of the class rated the pitches. In other words, homework usually required you to subjectively rate a subjective pitch. The homeworks took not too long-for Jon’s portion of the class. However, in normal years the project is a time crunch, and the essays require far too much work. But at least there are extra credit homeworks to boost one’s grade for Jon’s portion of the class! Also: For the prisoner dilemma problem, you’ll be asked to select for 10 or 20 extra credit points. Select 10 points; if enough people select 10 points, Jon will give EVERYONE 20 points. This completely trivialized the class.
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