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T Toohey
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Professor Tooney tends to lecture in a monotone manner which leads to many falling asleep or leaving class early. He puts the slides on the class website which basically means coming to class to hear him read them to you is not necessary. The class was comprised of a midterm (30%) and final (70%). Although I do have to credit the professor for being very flexible with makeups or rescheduling exams that have a time conflict. If you don't mind being bored, take this class and you should do fine with reading the slides and minimal reading.
Professor Tooney tends to lecture in a monotone manner which leads to many falling asleep or leaving class early. He puts the slides on the class website which basically means coming to class to hear him read them to you is not necessary. The class was comprised of a midterm (30%) and final (70%). Although I do have to credit the professor for being very flexible with makeups or rescheduling exams that have a time conflict. If you don't mind being bored, take this class and you should do fine with reading the slides and minimal reading.
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Loved the subject matter in the class, but the professor could have been better. Toohey's a really nice guy, a gentle older gentleman who cares about the students and is available quite a bit. His humor is dry and sarcastic, but gentle and nonoffensive, unlike many of his peers in the history department. The way he lectured was really boring and distracting though. He just sat there, stared straight forward, and droned on in monotone. I want him around when I'm having insomnia, but not when trying to learn about constituional history. Other than that his class was structured very fair, and he's very flexible and as mentioned earlier , nice guy. If you can get past the incredible monotone (maybe the worst I've seen @ ucla), he's a great professor.
Loved the subject matter in the class, but the professor could have been better. Toohey's a really nice guy, a gentle older gentleman who cares about the students and is available quite a bit. His humor is dry and sarcastic, but gentle and nonoffensive, unlike many of his peers in the history department. The way he lectured was really boring and distracting though. He just sat there, stared straight forward, and droned on in monotone. I want him around when I'm having insomnia, but not when trying to learn about constituional history. Other than that his class was structured very fair, and he's very flexible and as mentioned earlier , nice guy. If you can get past the incredible monotone (maybe the worst I've seen @ ucla), he's a great professor.
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Toohey has an amazing sense of humor. Sure, its corny, dry and overly sarcastic- but I believe that is the best humor out there. Taking him during the 2008 elections was not only exciting but very relevant (especially due to proposition 8). He does lecture in a monotone manner but he often opens the floor to student input on different cases and truly makes you think critically. Not only is he very thorough with the material, but the slides he uses are very helpful when reviewing for the midterm. His exams aren't too hard if you do the document reading, review his slides and put some thought in your essays- I'm expecting a high A. All in all, if you're looking for an articulate and witty professor along with learning about significant constitutional cases that are actually pretty interesting, I would definitely recommend his class.
Toohey has an amazing sense of humor. Sure, its corny, dry and overly sarcastic- but I believe that is the best humor out there. Taking him during the 2008 elections was not only exciting but very relevant (especially due to proposition 8). He does lecture in a monotone manner but he often opens the floor to student input on different cases and truly makes you think critically. Not only is he very thorough with the material, but the slides he uses are very helpful when reviewing for the midterm. His exams aren't too hard if you do the document reading, review his slides and put some thought in your essays- I'm expecting a high A. All in all, if you're looking for an articulate and witty professor along with learning about significant constitutional cases that are actually pretty interesting, I would definitely recommend his class.
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