This was an OK class. The grade breakdown was:
• Discussion section work: 20%
• Diagnostic Micropaper: 5%
• Paper 1 (draft and revision): 20%
• Paper 2 (draft and revision): 20%
• Asian Pacific American cultural event report(s): 5%
• Midterm activity: 5%
• Paper 3 (quarter-long full-section collaborative project): 20%
• Final activity: 5%
Your grade depends mostly on the TAs and mine was luckily pretty chill. Also, the Gazan protests put us in a weird position so that might have also made the paper grading much more lenient.
Prof Bascara himself is a nice dude and he grades Paper 3 and the two activities leniently, but he is extremely vague and confusing. The paper prompts were honestly very open-ended, which would have been fine but there were some parts that just didn't make sense. His lecturing style is also fairly confusing, and I found it super hard to pay attention. And even though he takes attendance for lecture, it's not mandatory so half of the class ended up ditching by the end of the quarter. I will say that it would be in your best interest to attend if he shows some of the videos on the syllabus because some are hard to find online, and you may need to analyze them for either the papers or the activities.
Overall, it's not a hard Writing II course as long as you put a bit of effort in the assignments, papers, and discussion.

Professor Bascara is a nuanced thinker. His lectures and assignments reflect that. The class was in person and I was often confused during lectures however, he is very helpful during office hours and is clearly passionate about the readings and material. The exams were essays and there are research and writing activities during class that counts toward your grade, however, the essays are a big part of it (35%). The essay prompts are complex and took forever to write but Professor Bascara is a nice grader, I believe he gives you a better grade than you deserve. He gives insightful commentary for your writing assignments, and it is an overall interesting class. I left with a greater appreciation and understanding of Filipino American culture. There is a lot of reading, I got the required book free online at libgen. I recommend taking this class if you want an A, the workload is heavy but he grades nicely.

Class is relatively an easy GE. As long as you do the readings and listen along the lectures (which are slightly boring :( ), you really don't have to prepare much for the midterm or final. Assignments are also pretty straightforward, so I would not worry too much about the essays. I definitely would recommend anyone to take this GE. I am also selling the all the course readings (including Amerasia Journal and "Native Speaker") for $15. Email me at ************* if interested.