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John Laub HONR218W eb 05/02/2008	I'm a bit torn on what I think of Professor Laub's teaching style. On one hand, he did an excellent job keeping the class engaged for two and a half hours at a time. The class discussions were interesting and he often shared real stories of experiences he had with crime, criminals, and various case studies. However, he is a bit on the arrogant side, and can be pretty opinionated about certain things, which makes it difficult to debate with him. He also is strangely proud of the fact that he grades unnecessarily hard, even though honors seminars are supposed to be more about learning in a relaxed atmosphere and less about butchering GPAs. The course consists of two short response papers on selected books, one midterm with mainly short answer and essay questions, and a final 10-15 page capstone paper on a book. Some of the readings were quite dull but others were fascinating and much easier to get through. Class discussions usually cleared up any confusion about the readings.
John Laub HONR218W Expecting an A- Jec006 11/30/2007	Really awesome teacher, really funny and engaging. Definitely knows what he is talking about and presents it in an understandable way
John Laub HONR218W Expecting a B+ anneymarie 10/23/2007	Amazing teacher. The class was a fair amount of work/reading but definitely worth it. He's one of the big names in criminology right now and this course is a rare chance to work with the best as an undergraduate.

John Laub
HONR218W

eb
05/02/2008

I'm a bit torn on what I think of Professor Laub's teaching style. On one hand, he did an excellent job keeping the class engaged for two and a half hours at a time. The class discussions were interesting and he often shared real stories of experiences he had with crime, criminals, and various case studies. However, he is a bit on the arrogant side, and can be pretty opinionated about certain things, which makes it difficult to debate with him. He also is strangely proud of the fact that he grades unnecessarily hard, even though honors seminars are supposed to be more about learning in a relaxed atmosphere and less about butchering GPAs. The course consists of two short response papers on selected books, one midterm with mainly short answer and essay questions, and a final 10-15 page capstone paper on a book. Some of the readings were quite dull but others were fascinating and much easier to get through. Class discussions usually cleared up any confusion about the readings.

John Laub
HONR218W

Expecting an A-
Jec006
11/30/2007

Really awesome teacher, really funny and engaging. Definitely knows what he is talking about and presents it in an understandable way

John Laub
HONR218W

Expecting a B+
anneymarie
10/23/2007

Amazing teacher. The class was a fair amount of work/reading but definitely worth it. He's one of the big names in criminology right now and this course is a rare chance to work with the best as an undergraduate.

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