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Brandon Wallace KNES293 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 10/13/2021	Brandon is a solid teacher. His lectures are fun and his friendly personality invites classroom discussions. Weekly quizzes are easy if you paid attention to the lectures and his essays are reasonable. He starts off his essays with a smaller word count of around 350-500 words and slowly raises them, making it easier on students. Each lecture feels fast because of his constant engagement with the class. He wants everyone to do well but will challenge you to think and learn. I would not take this class in the same semester as KNES287 because combined, it can get writing intensive. I highly recommend this class!
Shannon Jette KNES293 Expecting a D+ Anonymous 06/28/2021	A lot of information to process from a Zoom Distanced Learning environment.. Took this class Fall '20
Shannon Jette KNES293 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/12/2021	Super nice and helpful teacher! I think she made the class so interesting and genuinely put in the effort to make sure students understood the material and its importance outside of the classroom. The two papers really weren't that bad, and I was really fascinated with the topics so I liked doing them. Would definitely recommend.
Brandon Wallace KNES293 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/16/2020	Brandon is the man. He has very interesting lectures and is very understanding of your situation. Also, there are weekly quizzes which aren't too bad... just prepare well for them. Other than that, two fairly graded essays and some easy class participation points and busy work.
Michael Friedman KNES293 Expecting a B Anonymous 02/05/2019	Interesting enough class, however, Friedman is one of the worst professors I have experienced thus far. He is extremely opinionated and if your opinion differs from him you might struggle. Additionally, the papers seem to have no real grading structure. I received some great grades, and other terrible grades while putting in the same amount of effort and with no explanation as to how they were graded. Quizzes are easy which helps boost the grade.
Brandon Wallace KNES293 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/04/2018	Overall great teacher. Very fair grader, very relatable teacher. Gives plenty of extra credit opportunities. Wants you to do well, funny guy and good at lecturing.
Michael Friedman KNES293 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/04/2016	Unexpectedly difficult class. After taking the very well taught Sport in American Society, I was very disappointed in Friedman's course. The work load was very manageable but the few major assignments we had were graded extremely harshly. The highest grades on papers were very low A's; there seemed to be a disconnect between stated rubric expectations and what the prof/TA actually looked for while grading as a good grade on papers was next to impossible. The lectures were not very engaging and after the first week it was evident that this was the overall consensus as attendance dwindled intensely. Friedman also had many concepts that he failed to concretely define, leaving the responsibility to a disinterested and incompetent TA. I think Friedmans biggest fault was the way in which he employed his TA; he left too much of the course teaching responsibilities to him and did not seem to have a solid amount of communication with him. Often the TA had a very different understanding of assignment requirements and course material significance. Disappointed in this course as I love both sport and history. Sport in American Society had very similar concepts however was a far superior course simply because of its outstanding prof and TAs.

Brandon Wallace
KNES293

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
10/13/2021

Brandon is a solid teacher. His lectures are fun and his friendly personality invites classroom discussions. Weekly quizzes are easy if you paid attention to the lectures and his essays are reasonable. He starts off his essays with a smaller word count of around 350-500 words and slowly raises them, making it easier on students. Each lecture feels fast because of his constant engagement with the class. He wants everyone to do well but will challenge you to think and learn. I would not take this class in the same semester as KNES287 because combined, it can get writing intensive. I highly recommend this class!

Shannon Jette
KNES293

Expecting a D+
Anonymous
06/28/2021

A lot of information to process from a Zoom Distanced Learning environment.. Took this class Fall '20

Shannon Jette
KNES293

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/12/2021

Super nice and helpful teacher! I think she made the class so interesting and genuinely put in the effort to make sure students understood the material and its importance outside of the classroom. The two papers really weren't that bad, and I was really fascinated with the topics so I liked doing them. Would definitely recommend.

Brandon Wallace
KNES293

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/16/2020

Brandon is the man. He has very interesting lectures and is very understanding of your situation. Also, there are weekly quizzes which aren't too bad... just prepare well for them. Other than that, two fairly graded essays and some easy class participation points and busy work.

Michael Friedman
KNES293

Expecting a B
Anonymous
02/05/2019

Interesting enough class, however, Friedman is one of the worst professors I have experienced thus far. He is extremely opinionated and if your opinion differs from him you might struggle. Additionally, the papers seem to have no real grading structure. I received some great grades, and other terrible grades while putting in the same amount of effort and with no explanation as to how they were graded. Quizzes are easy which helps boost the grade.

Brandon Wallace
KNES293

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
12/04/2018

Overall great teacher. Very fair grader, very relatable teacher. Gives plenty of extra credit opportunities. Wants you to do well, funny guy and good at lecturing.

Michael Friedman
KNES293

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/04/2016

Unexpectedly difficult class. After taking the very well taught Sport in American Society, I was very disappointed in Friedman's course. The work load was very manageable but the few major assignments we had were graded extremely harshly. The highest grades on papers were very low A's; there seemed to be a disconnect between stated rubric expectations and what the prof/TA actually looked for while grading as a good grade on papers was next to impossible. The lectures were not very engaging and after the first week it was evident that this was the overall consensus as attendance dwindled intensely. Friedman also had many concepts that he failed to concretely define, leaving the responsibility to a disinterested and incompetent TA. I think Friedmans biggest fault was the way in which he employed his TA; he left too much of the course teaching responsibilities to him and did not seem to have a solid amount of communication with him. Often the TA had a very different understanding of assignment requirements and course material significance. Disappointed in this course as I love both sport and history. Sport in American Society had very similar concepts however was a far superior course simply because of its outstanding prof and TAs.

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