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John Laub
CCJS661 Expecting a B JP 08/09/2022 |
John Laub was one of the worst and most arrogant professors I have ever experienced in class. He was already exceedingly arrogant and highly opinionated when he taught Administration of Juvenile Justice at Northeastern University in 1981. He was extremely hard to question during class and seemed determined to intimidate students. He once stated in class after grading papers that he was not impressed with the papers as a whole and that “he would not be a thorn in your side, but a spike in your side” for the duration of the quarter. I found this statement to be provocative and highly unprofessional. I spoke with him after class because of this statement and the fact I was perplexed by the low grade I received for the paper I submitted for his class compared to half a dozen papers I had previously submitted to other professors which were predominately graded A. His response was “perhaps that was a reflection on his colleagues.” I was dumbfounded by the audaciousness of this 27-year-old professor just out of grad school, especially since his colleagues at the time had far more teaching experience than he. I forget how many students failed the class; however, it was more than a few. Fortunately for me, I earned an A on the final exam and managed a B for the overall grade. Hopefully, he will stick exclusively to research in the future and stay far away from the classroom unless he has drastically changed his teaching methods. Research may be a much better fit for him as he seems accomplished in that area. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |