Ok, so I saw the person who ranted about Prof. Shaked making you estimate values and dividing scientific notation without a calculator, and I think he/she needs to grow up. First of all, when you estimate something, she allows you to be off by a factor of 10 (Look at your own damn finger, how long is that in metric units? Then divide that length by half or something.. Stupid.) The point of her asking you to these estimations is to help you grow into being able to apply the knowledge you learn in class to the real world.

Though it is unlikely she's going to teach any more classes because the LA program is becoming successful, I think all prospective students should try to enroll in her class, if offered. It's been one of the most rewarding classes I've taken at UCLA. She tailors her class to the needs of her students, which I have found rare in a professor. On our first midterm, she gave half of our points back if we did corrections because the majority of the class felt that the exam was too long (Average was a 73% still). And because she was impressed by our corrections, she allowed us to do corrections again to get half our points back on the second midterm.

Very easy and fun class. Not too much work, and I learned a lot about teaching.

Honestly, this class itself provided the collaboration vibe that LAs are expected to implement in their respective content courses! I also love how the professor weaves her words to make student responses easier to understand! She’s friendly, funny, and passionate!

Professor Shaked teaches in the 2nd quarter of the food cluster and she does a really good job making sure her presentations are organized which I appreciate and her teaching style was very clear and to the point. I also liked how she would use example questions in the slide so we would know what to expect when we got to the test. Overall this was a really good portion of the food cluster! (and overall, i would highly recommend the food cluster, very interesting material if you are interested in sustainability and not way too much work like some of the other UCLA cluster classes).

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Favorite class. HIGHLY recommend. Don't be scared of clusters. Taking this was the best decision I've ever made. Chill, and most of the professors are engaging. Loved Shanna, not as engaging as the professors last quarter, but she's great and you can tell she really cares about what she does. I was never bored in lectures if I had a friend next to me to talk to lol. Homework was just one reading to comment on every week, and we had one Letter/Op-Ed that was long (10 pages) but honestly very manageable if you started early and enjoyed what you were writing about (I very much did. I actually enjoyed that assignment). I wouldn't change a thing.