Professor Faier is definitely woke but perhaps to her detriment. She is so extremely terrified of AI and cheating that she gives her students almost no chance at doing quality work. Her assignments and exams are in class and handwritten which does not exactly leave any chance for AI use or cheating so I am left wondering why she leaves her students with almost no time to comprehensively answer thoughtful questions. She is kind of vague and seems like shes pretty out to get her students. She’s very pessimistic and gives off the vibe that she wants to like “teach the youth a lesson” because shes bitter that we don't read as much as they did in the 90’s. It would be nice if she channeled that into trying to set her students up for success and allowing us to synthesise information that she discredits her students for even being able to come up with. Many times she has said she wants to help us for the future but then all she says is that Gen Z cant synthesise information, just regurgitate. She dumbs down her lectures under the assumption we dont understand because Gen Z is dumb but then her exams are extremely analytical and theoretical with only 30 minutes to complete. Her students are capable young people who got into UCLA. She sets them up for a confusing quarter full of belittling under the guise of helping. Unfortunate because her class content is really interesting and doesn't give any of us the chance to prove we are intelligent enough to understand. Not my least favourite class, but most disappointing. I would not recommend her for any class unless she becomes less paranoid and adapts WITH her students instead of against them.