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Jennifer Cho AAST498G Expecting an A Anonymous 10/10/2023	Reviewing Dr. Cho before Spring schedules get picked to convince people to take her! She's an great professor as she cares a lot about her students and doesn't expect too much out of us when reading difficult texts. The class format includes Perusall readings (1-2 readings, three comments per reading) every Tuesday and Thursday, one group project on a class-related topic (seems easily doable but I haven't done mine yet), a reflection paper (for credit grade), a critical response paper, and a contribution to a class zine (honestly looks really fun). Our class time consists of small group discussions and just class discussions about the readings. Our assignments are paced well throughout the course and I don't feel overwhelmed with the readings. However, please only take this class if you're willing to talk in class. People barely talk in our class and in a group of 20 students, it gets awkward and just becomes a waste of our time. Dr. Cho definitely encourages any conversation. The only complaints about Dr. Cho's teaching I have is that sometimes I feel like her questions about the reading are harder to answer/don't really lead to a discussion. I also have a harder time understanding the readings sometimes so with more sophisticated questions, it's harder to feel confident in an answer. I also wish we covered more current events? I understand this class has to include theory and history, but I really enjoyed our recent readings on MRAsians. Overall, I am happy taking this class!