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Kent Wong
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Fall 2023 - Honestly for this class you only need to show up to the part where he lectures. I realistically did not do any of the readings and still aced the final. This entirely depends on your TA though, I had Olivia Barber and she was absolutely amazing. Only downside is the ten page paper however you get to choose your labor issue which made it interesting. Final is not hard as long as you were there during his lectures you'll be fine. I didn't stay for the guest lecturers and did fine. All in all easy GE just pay attention (its not hard to lowk an interesting class) and get Olivia as your TA. Oh also! You have to do 5 hours of fieldwork but there are a multitude of opportunities (online and in person) and even if you don't like those you can come up with your own as long as your TA approves it. This was my fav part because I'm super into social justice and activism. Solid class, would take again.
Fall 2023 - Honestly for this class you only need to show up to the part where he lectures. I realistically did not do any of the readings and still aced the final. This entirely depends on your TA though, I had Olivia Barber and she was absolutely amazing. Only downside is the ten page paper however you get to choose your labor issue which made it interesting. Final is not hard as long as you were there during his lectures you'll be fine. I didn't stay for the guest lecturers and did fine. All in all easy GE just pay attention (its not hard to lowk an interesting class) and get Olivia as your TA. Oh also! You have to do 5 hours of fieldwork but there are a multitude of opportunities (online and in person) and even if you don't like those you can come up with your own as long as your TA approves it. This was my fav part because I'm super into social justice and activism. Solid class, would take again.
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Fall 2019 - I really enjoyed this class. I learned a lot about Labor Laws that I never knew about that will help me tremendously in my career. There were so many amazing lectures by so many notable speakers. I felt really special getting to hear from everyone. I will say my two pieces of constructive feedback for this class was the how little the final examination was gone over. The other would be having to go to labor events outside of class for five hours. I had trouble fitting the five hours into my schedule because most of the events never landed on a time I could do them, since I am currently taking 21 units and working at 2 studios in downtown LA. Perhaps instead of five hours, four hours might be a bit more doable. I had trouble getting that final hour in. And in terms of the final examination, I simply did not know what to do to study. I thought the papers were good because I found a topic I was passionate about and was able to write ten pages about it. The reflection paper was also a really doable three pages. You do read three simple to understand 80 page-books in this class that are mostly written by the professors describing labor corruption. They have pictures. You also read articles, but none of it is mandatory. Even lecture isn't. But I recommend you go so you understand the concepts better. This class did have a collective-bargaining exercise that was my favorite activity in the class. Basically, you pretend you're either the employers or the workers and you debate your case for different topics like higher vs lower wages. Overall, I learned a lot about the struggles of much of the working class. This class opened my eyes to a lot of corruption that goes on in the world, and gave me inspiration to protect myself and my family as well as others. I would definitely recommend this class to a friend. I had a great time.
Fall 2019 - I really enjoyed this class. I learned a lot about Labor Laws that I never knew about that will help me tremendously in my career. There were so many amazing lectures by so many notable speakers. I felt really special getting to hear from everyone. I will say my two pieces of constructive feedback for this class was the how little the final examination was gone over. The other would be having to go to labor events outside of class for five hours. I had trouble fitting the five hours into my schedule because most of the events never landed on a time I could do them, since I am currently taking 21 units and working at 2 studios in downtown LA. Perhaps instead of five hours, four hours might be a bit more doable. I had trouble getting that final hour in. And in terms of the final examination, I simply did not know what to do to study. I thought the papers were good because I found a topic I was passionate about and was able to write ten pages about it. The reflection paper was also a really doable three pages. You do read three simple to understand 80 page-books in this class that are mostly written by the professors describing labor corruption. They have pictures. You also read articles, but none of it is mandatory. Even lecture isn't. But I recommend you go so you understand the concepts better. This class did have a collective-bargaining exercise that was my favorite activity in the class. Basically, you pretend you're either the employers or the workers and you debate your case for different topics like higher vs lower wages. Overall, I learned a lot about the struggles of much of the working class. This class opened my eyes to a lot of corruption that goes on in the world, and gave me inspiration to protect myself and my family as well as others. I would definitely recommend this class to a friend. I had a great time.
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Winter 2018 - I took this class with Ignacia Rodriguez. During my quarter the bulk of the class was organizing a forum regarding DACA. Ignacia is at the forefront of the immigrants right movement and acts an attorney for the local community. There are no midterms and there is a short essay on Your Immigration Story due at the end of the quarter. Lectures can be long, but are split into a lecture portion where you listen to Ignacia or guest lecturers speak about the current political climate; then a group portion where you work to organize the event. Material is interesting and often revolves around undocubruins.
Winter 2018 - I took this class with Ignacia Rodriguez. During my quarter the bulk of the class was organizing a forum regarding DACA. Ignacia is at the forefront of the immigrants right movement and acts an attorney for the local community. There are no midterms and there is a short essay on Your Immigration Story due at the end of the quarter. Lectures can be long, but are split into a lecture portion where you listen to Ignacia or guest lecturers speak about the current political climate; then a group portion where you work to organize the event. Material is interesting and often revolves around undocubruins.
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