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Younghi Ramsey KORA211 Expecting a B Anonymous 01/02/2012	I cried myself to sleep because of this class. Professor Ramsey does teach it straight off the textbook and attendance is basically mandatory or else she'll not look too fondly upon you. She is not afraid to put you on the spot for lateness, grammar mistakes or anything. The students in this class has a ridiculous range of Korean backgrounds from natural speakers/writers to complete twinkies... Even though this is suppose to be the beginner's level for heritage students, the pace of the class got crazy fast. Kind of a miracle that I managed to get a B.... I don't think it's really fair that heritage kids have to take this class if we don't know really know the language at all with kids that already know so much.. HOLD ON TO YOUR TA LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT in this class. She ultimately makes/grades almost everything. If you need this class for whatever requirement you were gonna do, DO SOMETHING ELSE LIKE SPANISH. Not worth it, at all.
Younghi Ramsey KORA211 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/01/2010	The TA was nice. I don't know if he'll be there next time though. The professor seems like a nice enough person. If you miss three classes, your grade drops a letter grade.--However, there is really no need for you to be there. She just teaches the class directly off the book (that is, we take turns reading the book out loud for the whole class). We also have the exams, quizzes, essays, homework assignments, and a presentation. I'm an above average korean speaker and I basically learned nothing...but I skipped a few classes which impacted my grade a bit in the beginning. Oops. On the plus side, it isn't a hard class if you're good at Korean?