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Nenita Domingo
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She is genuinely sweet and knows a lot of things you wouldn't think she would have known. I know that's hard to understand, but what I mean is, she can call forth topics from philosophy and history and anthropology-- stuff like that-- and then apply them to the class itself. She is very appreciative of a critical mind and is quite an easy grader; however, it is hard to get a 10/10 in any single paper, even if your grammar is polished and the content is superb. While it is understandable that people are of different levels in writing in the Filipino language, credit should be given where credit is due. That is to say, people enrolled in an advanced class should be expected to write something that is high-quality. The content of some students' essays is quite poor. It's not that they haven't learned the language enough; it's that the content is REALLY quite poor-- if you translate whatever they had written in Filipino into English, it looks like an essay written by a 5th grader, however sophisticated the English translation may be. So the problem is the thought process, not the inability to communicate in the language. And like I said already, it is an ADVANCED class. Everyone got A-'s or over, but for an ADVANCED class, some people who got A's did not deserve them.
She is genuinely sweet and knows a lot of things you wouldn't think she would have known. I know that's hard to understand, but what I mean is, she can call forth topics from philosophy and history and anthropology-- stuff like that-- and then apply them to the class itself. She is very appreciative of a critical mind and is quite an easy grader; however, it is hard to get a 10/10 in any single paper, even if your grammar is polished and the content is superb. While it is understandable that people are of different levels in writing in the Filipino language, credit should be given where credit is due. That is to say, people enrolled in an advanced class should be expected to write something that is high-quality. The content of some students' essays is quite poor. It's not that they haven't learned the language enough; it's that the content is REALLY quite poor-- if you translate whatever they had written in Filipino into English, it looks like an essay written by a 5th grader, however sophisticated the English translation may be. So the problem is the thought process, not the inability to communicate in the language. And like I said already, it is an ADVANCED class. Everyone got A-'s or over, but for an ADVANCED class, some people who got A's did not deserve them.
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Actually, I took a Filipino lit class with Tita (Bruinwalk doesn't give a selection for the correct course number) in Fall 2007. I agree with the previous post. I never got full marks on any single paper, even after the rewrites. But Domingo/Tita give props for the good points in your essays; she obviously reads each one scrupulously. Most people get A's in her class, but idk if she ever gives A+'s. There was a piano-playing guy in my class who was pretty sharp at discussions and fluent at Tagalog bec he grew up in the Philippines, but even he did not get an A+ (neither did this other girl whose Tagalog Domingo said was "makinis" = smooth), I would think, because from the histogram, no one in the class did. I'm happy with my A, btw. Tita is one of those people that keeps her knowledge current, it just shows that she researches about the lessons she gives. She graduated from University of the Philippines (the country's top school) and knew most of the writers of the readings we used in class from there. Her class requires a bit of work, but discussions are very laid back. She's a nice person. We call her "Tita," both because it's her nickname and also it means "aunt" in Tagalog.
Actually, I took a Filipino lit class with Tita (Bruinwalk doesn't give a selection for the correct course number) in Fall 2007. I agree with the previous post. I never got full marks on any single paper, even after the rewrites. But Domingo/Tita give props for the good points in your essays; she obviously reads each one scrupulously. Most people get A's in her class, but idk if she ever gives A+'s. There was a piano-playing guy in my class who was pretty sharp at discussions and fluent at Tagalog bec he grew up in the Philippines, but even he did not get an A+ (neither did this other girl whose Tagalog Domingo said was "makinis" = smooth), I would think, because from the histogram, no one in the class did. I'm happy with my A, btw. Tita is one of those people that keeps her knowledge current, it just shows that she researches about the lessons she gives. She graduated from University of the Philippines (the country's top school) and knew most of the writers of the readings we used in class from there. Her class requires a bit of work, but discussions are very laid back. She's a nice person. We call her "Tita," both because it's her nickname and also it means "aunt" in Tagalog.
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