I'm currently in the middle of editing my final paper for this class so we shall see what my actual final grade is but this has been a very poor integration of writing II and a history GE. I think this is not too horrible workwise but just has sudden periods of an influx of work which can be pretty annoying. I think the content was somewhat interesting and Bonesho's lectures were very digestable and easy to follow as well as the exams weren't too bad but the worst part about the class was the writing II aspect. I think she was just overambitious about trying to incorporate an essay component into this class, I felt like other than a few times in discussion there wasn't really any direction of how to improve our papers or how to be better writers in general. Not to mention, that in general the TAs graded pretty harshly on both drafts of the papers and even if you spent a decent amount time editing your previous paper your grade only goes up by 2-3 points. Honestly, I wouldn't have even been mad at the janky way this class was implemented if the TAs weren't such harsh graders for no reason. I don't know what happened this quarter with this class whether the last set of TAs were replaced completely but at least I can almost guarantee with this current grading scheme there is no way 50% of the class is going to get As like Winter 2020. If she adjust the class to account for the harsh grading of the TAs I will modify my review slightly but doesn't change the fact that this is a history GE class that had a poor attempt of being a writing II.

Prof. Bonesho is great professor, and I feel like the class was interesting both as a GE and a Writing II course. I may be biased as I enjoy writing, but all the essays for this class were manageable in the given time frame. The professor and TAs also offer a lot of support to help you throughout the process. One complaint I had was that the lectures were not recorded or live streamed, and the slides acted as support for lecture not a replacement for lectures themselves. So, if you missed a lecture, you would only get bits and pieces of the content covered. Many of the initial readings were long and boring, however I believe that it got better over time! I would recommend this as a GE for any major!

I think the overall rating of this class was good. However, I want to make it clear that it is highly dependent on your TA. The structure of the class is not the best, just because the drafts of papers are worth so much. It seems like since drafts are preliminary versions of papers, they should not be contributing to the overall grade as much (while the final versions should be worth more, because that is where you can make edits and improve on the writing). It is essential to highlight the fact that this is not an easy Writing 2 course necessarily, even though it is a class on the historical view of "medicine." Professor Bonesho is very kind and very understanding, however it is important to note that she has little influence on your grade, as the TAs are the ones grading your assignments/papers (at least that is what was told to my section).

As a pre-med, I appreciated having a writing class option that was somewhat relevant to my studies! It definitely was not easy (I don't think any writing 2 class is) and my TA was unnecessarily harsh at times, but I feel like I took some cool medical history knowledge away from this class so I'm definitely not mad. Also, Professor Bonesho is a sweetheart and kind to students who are struggling during COVID-19.

Grade was made of midterm, final, 4-5 page paper, 9-10 page paper, and 5 one page reflections on specific readings. My TA was super helpful and was a generous grader but I truly think the TA makes or breaks this class. This information is not helpful in life but is not very complicated. The only readings I read were to get sources for the papers and to respond to the reflections. The workload is pretty high but I think it was fair given my TA for a writing 2 class.

I really liked Professor Bonesho. The material was very interesting and I found the readings to be pretty engaging. There was a decent amount of reading, but I didn't feel like I had to understand or read it all. She went over the most important concepts during lecture and even did little rituals and activities to help us understand what she was talking about. Dr. Bonesho is very passionate about what she teaches and I'd recommend this class highly as a Writing 2 class!