Valerie Matsumoto
Department of Asian American Studies
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3.8
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Easiness 4.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.8 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 2.5 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Feb. 23, 2013

Selling the 4 books for AAS 10.
Books have pencil markings inside, but all pages are intact.
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June 19, 2011

LECTURES:
Professor Matsumoto is very organized and clear in her lectures, but I think she's just reading off a paper most of the time. She doesn't take questions from the class - I always saw one girl in the front raising her hand for the first few weeks, but she stopped because she was never called on even though the professor saw her. Everyone thinks you can skip her lectures, but her lectures are a bit different from the readings, AND if you use info from the lectures in your midterms, you get credit.

HOMEWORK:
You write a journal entry about what you learned in your readings, show some thought/analysis in them, and relate to them somehow.

MIDTERMS:
The midterms required you to know SPECIFIC facts, anecdotes, numbers, laws, places, people. SPECIFIC and from ALL of your readings. She gives out 6 questions a week before the midterm. A few of these questions are chosen to be on the midterm. I recommend forming a study group, assigning a person to each question and basically WRITING the whole essay with SPECIFIC and RELEVANT info from ALL of the readings.

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Quarter: N/A
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Feb. 23, 2013

Selling the 4 books for AAS 10.
Books have pencil markings inside, but all pages are intact.
email: *************
text: **********

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Quarter: N/A
Grade: N/A
June 19, 2011

LECTURES:
Professor Matsumoto is very organized and clear in her lectures, but I think she's just reading off a paper most of the time. She doesn't take questions from the class - I always saw one girl in the front raising her hand for the first few weeks, but she stopped because she was never called on even though the professor saw her. Everyone thinks you can skip her lectures, but her lectures are a bit different from the readings, AND if you use info from the lectures in your midterms, you get credit.

HOMEWORK:
You write a journal entry about what you learned in your readings, show some thought/analysis in them, and relate to them somehow.

MIDTERMS:
The midterms required you to know SPECIFIC facts, anecdotes, numbers, laws, places, people. SPECIFIC and from ALL of your readings. She gives out 6 questions a week before the midterm. A few of these questions are chosen to be on the midterm. I recommend forming a study group, assigning a person to each question and basically WRITING the whole essay with SPECIFIC and RELEVANT info from ALL of the readings.

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3.8
Overall Rating
Based on 6 Users
Easiness 4.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.8 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 2.5 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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