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As the weakest student entered the classroom Brian Shin realized he realized the student was about to drop. He asked the student “are you not studying enough because you are failing or are you failing because you are not studying enough”. The student who had left it all behind responded equally “If you were unable to understand any of the concepts, would you drop?” Brian Shin responded “Nah I’d learn”. He knew it was time to take action, and said “Stand Proud you are capable”. Unbeknownst to the student, Brian Shin activated his domain expansion “extended office hours”. As the overwhelming intensity of the linear algebra crushed the student, he could only ask one thing, “how?” Brian Shin responded “You failed to consider two things: one, always bet on the professor. And two, throughout heaven and earth, i alone am the diagonalizable one”
Honestly, now that it's the end of the term, it seems like our assignments were graded by 2 different people a lot of the time. In fact, I think the TA was grading the HW and the professor was trying to grade our exams most times, so it felt like when one topic/assignment was graded well, the corresponding exam ones should have also been graded similarly but weren't. This was otherwise a tough class in general, I mean it has a reputation as being one of the hardest classes but it's also required if you want to major in math at all.
The professor was really, really nice and tried to be as helpful as humanely possible but unfortunately, I cannot recommend taking this class with him based on this term. He made himself available when he could, but he was also just absent a lot of the term with some other stuff he was dealing with, so we had a substitute as well for some weeks, sometimes unexpectedly. Sometimes the HW wouldn't be posted on time, and our assignments were not graded in time for us to use them for studying. When we did finally get them back, some of the comments left on the exams/HW were also kind of...abrasive? They were not kind, constructive, or really explanatory; they also felt a little judgy rather than aiming to help guide you in a better direction or deeper understanding. There was no clear answer or response for what we did wrong per se, just what didn't make sense to whoever was grading or what we didn't manage to prove/complete. I'm sure some other students had a great time and received helpful feedback, but in my case, it was not helpful and actually makes me not ever want to really try this class again if I can help it, or any class similar to it. The HW and exams were long, the lectures were sometimes not paced well, and there was definitely room for concept simplification or improvements to give us the actual building blocks to better writing proofs. The textbook was unhelpful for me, personally.
Professor Shin is one of the best math professors in terms of how he teaches. He's chill and is very welcoming so you shouldn't be afraid to ask questions in class. Homework is hard, but thankfully he is very responsive to any questions (the TA Chuyin was also very helpful and if you need to pick a specific TA for a class choose her). If you can go to any of the office hours for Professor Shin or the TA, I would recommend going since they help break down ideas and tricks for solving problems that are more glossed over in lectures. Finally, DON'T FORGET QUANTIFIERS. You will lose easy points on homework and tests.
This class for many is the first you will have to take for an upper div math course. If there is anyone you would want to take it with it SHOULD be Shin. Lectures and HW are based off the book, and for many you could afford skipping lecture and reading his notes. The great thing about this class and Shin in general is that he is very down to earth and always willing to help. You never feel intimidated about reaching out to him during office hours. His exams are fair and homework based. The one drawback is that the grading is a bit on the stricter side, but it will force you to write better proofs. If you are able to get a spot in his lecture I would recommend 100%. He is for sure one of the chillest profs you will have.
As the weakest student entered the classroom Brian Shin realized he realized the student was about to drop. He asked the student “are you not studying enough because you are failing or are you failing because you are not studying enough”. The student who had left it all behind responded equally “If you were unable to understand any of the concepts, would you drop?” Brian Shin responded “Nah I’d learn”. He knew it was time to take action, and said “Stand Proud you are capable”. Unbeknownst to the student, Brian Shin activated his domain expansion “extended office hours”. As the overwhelming intensity of the linear algebra crushed the student, he could only ask one thing, “how?” Brian Shin responded “You failed to consider two things: one, always bet on the professor. And two, throughout heaven and earth, i alone am the diagonalizable one”
Honestly, now that it's the end of the term, it seems like our assignments were graded by 2 different people a lot of the time. In fact, I think the TA was grading the HW and the professor was trying to grade our exams most times, so it felt like when one topic/assignment was graded well, the corresponding exam ones should have also been graded similarly but weren't. This was otherwise a tough class in general, I mean it has a reputation as being one of the hardest classes but it's also required if you want to major in math at all.
The professor was really, really nice and tried to be as helpful as humanely possible but unfortunately, I cannot recommend taking this class with him based on this term. He made himself available when he could, but he was also just absent a lot of the term with some other stuff he was dealing with, so we had a substitute as well for some weeks, sometimes unexpectedly. Sometimes the HW wouldn't be posted on time, and our assignments were not graded in time for us to use them for studying. When we did finally get them back, some of the comments left on the exams/HW were also kind of...abrasive? They were not kind, constructive, or really explanatory; they also felt a little judgy rather than aiming to help guide you in a better direction or deeper understanding. There was no clear answer or response for what we did wrong per se, just what didn't make sense to whoever was grading or what we didn't manage to prove/complete. I'm sure some other students had a great time and received helpful feedback, but in my case, it was not helpful and actually makes me not ever want to really try this class again if I can help it, or any class similar to it. The HW and exams were long, the lectures were sometimes not paced well, and there was definitely room for concept simplification or improvements to give us the actual building blocks to better writing proofs. The textbook was unhelpful for me, personally.
Professor Shin is one of the best math professors in terms of how he teaches. He's chill and is very welcoming so you shouldn't be afraid to ask questions in class. Homework is hard, but thankfully he is very responsive to any questions (the TA Chuyin was also very helpful and if you need to pick a specific TA for a class choose her). If you can go to any of the office hours for Professor Shin or the TA, I would recommend going since they help break down ideas and tricks for solving problems that are more glossed over in lectures. Finally, DON'T FORGET QUANTIFIERS. You will lose easy points on homework and tests.
This class for many is the first you will have to take for an upper div math course. If there is anyone you would want to take it with it SHOULD be Shin. Lectures and HW are based off the book, and for many you could afford skipping lecture and reading his notes. The great thing about this class and Shin in general is that he is very down to earth and always willing to help. You never feel intimidated about reaching out to him during office hours. His exams are fair and homework based. The one drawback is that the grading is a bit on the stricter side, but it will force you to write better proofs. If you are able to get a spot in his lecture I would recommend 100%. He is for sure one of the chillest profs you will have.
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