Salvador Valdez-Ono
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Salvador Valdez-Ono
ANTH266 Expecting an A Anonymous 10/03/2024 |
Sal is a great teacher and a very kind and understanding person. He doesn't give late work penalties for minor assignments and if you explain your situation to him when you have to miss class or turn in a big assignment late he is an open ear and flexible with his students. There is nothing bad I could possibly say about this teacher. I wish more of my professors were like him. Sometimes the lectures can be a little bit dry, but I don't think you can help it when the content is about the theory of thought... inevitably, its a little bit convoluted, Sal makes it bearable and is great at talking about all of his subjects. He is very good at connecting the topic to you even if you have never taken anything anthropology related and totally know nothing about the subject. He provides ample office hours and is plenty responsive over email as well. In my experience, he always provides you personal feedback on your work. I highly recommend his class, it's super easy. You don't have to buy any textbook, each week you just read one article and right a brief response to it. There is no exam, you just write a paper or do a final project of some kind, which you work on the entire semester. The great thing is you can essentially write/talk about anything you want for the project, it's extremely malleable, you just have to ask Sal if it's something out of the ordinary and he will probably approve it. The class material is not at all challenging, it's a super easy A and you will pretty much never ever stress about this class unless you're an idiot and procrastinate on your paper until the last day to do it. A few people might find this class/lectures boring or somehow struggle with the material (which I think is unrealistic because of how plain easy it is) but even if you do there is absolutely no chance you have problems with this class unless you're just incredibly lazy and skip all the lectures and do absolutely nothing. In which case, it's your fault. Otherwise, you have no trouble getting an A. |