Parker

School: Las Positas College
Department: Sociology
Location: Livermore, CA
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Pros: Doesn't take attendance
Cons: Tests are ridiculous.
He gets test questions from random test banks online. He does give you around 30 of the 100 test questions ahead of time for you to figure out/study, but even if you do those its hard to make an A on a test. Its usually obscure information like dates or something that you never remember ever being talked about in class. I would not recommend his class because all you have are tests. There is no project or attendance or anything to fall back on if you screw up a test or two.
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Pros: Really interesting class, he's open to giving extra credit for every exam
Cons: The tests get harder as the semester goes on
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Pros: No attendance. Nice guy. Gives somewhat of a study guide for tests.
Cons: Gets off task with lectures. Early class!
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Pros: attendance isn't mandatory
Cons: This class has NOTHING to do with Sociology. As a sociology major I'm offended this is listed as a soci class. It should be listed as a "history of sports" or "sports today". It's all memorization about facts for the tests.
This is not a sociology class, not even a little bit. It's just facts about sports today. The world series, olympics, little league world series....NOTHING about sociology.
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Pros: Don't really need to go to class unless you want to... All of the info comes from the book.
Cons: He is really boring and his tests can be pretty hard. It's a lot of information to cover and you need to know it all (dates, $$ amounts, people, organizations, and everything else)
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Pros: You don't have to be present in class.
His notes are online.
He provides study questions in the notes.
Cons: Half of his questions could be random. You'll have to look some up on the internet to find them and a few questions on the test will be completely random.
He's a goofy guy so it's entertaining when you're in class. It can get kinda boring, but the comments he makes keep you on your toes. He tries to engage the class in the learning process by asking questions to random people.
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painfully boring lecture class
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Cons: Horrible class. He is super boring and he puts his notes online so don't bother with going to class. Attendance doesn't count either.
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Pros: Tests are multiple choice.
Cons: Tests are 100 questions with lots of material covered for each. Pays attention to percentages and stats on tests.
Not an easy A.
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Pros: Attendance is not mandatory, but he takes it sometimes...not sure why.
Cons: The tests are the only things that you are graded on. They are SUPER long and full of RANDOM stuff in the book...his notes and the book do not line up.
Don't take him if you don't have to!
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Pros: Attendance isn't mandatory. All powerpoints are put on eLC. He's a nice guy.
Cons: He's very boring. Laughs at his own lame jokes. Says the same phrases over and over. Picks on the same people all the time. If he knows your name he's gonna call on you. He's that professor that wants you to finish his sentences with off the wall words that no one actually knows.
Only three tests, those are the only grades in the class. Sometimes he adds points to them if everyone misses certain questions.
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Pros: He is the best professor ever! Gives you power point notes and even the answers to the test before you take it!
Cons: Lots of reading but its easy
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Got off topic constantly, prepared for class = reading from the powerpoint. Never again.
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Cons: 3 Tests: 100 questions each - multiple choice; no extra credit; has his own +/- system that is even worse than the university's
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Pros: Attendance is not mandatory (it does not help to come, however).
Cons: Tests are pure memorization of random facts from the textbook, facts on in-class powerpoints do not match "facts" that are questions on tests... abysmal.
Do not take this class unless you can memorize 100 random facts from about 300+ pages of text book reading for each test (3 tests).
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This is not really the easiest class, and it's really basically power points on things that he feels are important.
Avoid if you're looking for an easy A.
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Pros: not attendance
Cons: Fucking retard
Doesnt know the subject
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Pros: Easy subject.
Cons: He reads directly from the slides that are pulled directly from the book. Attendance is required. I really doubt that he understood what he was talking about.
Awful professor.
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Don't go to class... read the book and you will be ok. The tests are riduculous and ask nidpicky questions, but if you read you should do ok
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Terrible Teacher. You should avoid at all cause. Uninteresting, Unengaged, mentally bland, superficial; all qualities that are the opposite of an intelligent and stimulating professor. Poor all around.

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