Alan Weiss

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Overall Rating: 3.1 / 5.0

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Class of
2024
Mar 15, 2022

Knowledge class is a debate class. You need to write something for almost every class and it is all to build up your essays. These essays have like 12 pages of instructions and the essay needs to be exactly how you he wants it

Class of
-1
Feb 06, 2021

There are no tests. There's only assignments/papers due every class, which have a specific structure he wants us to follow. At first, it is mind-blowingly confusing on how he wants us to write the assignments/paper and his instructions do not help. He'll send 15 mio's explaining the structure and it'll still be confusing. However, the course follows a pattern so after a month it becomes easier and clearer. It's also very easy to get good grades on the assignments.

Class of
2022
Jan 10, 2021

he has a very precise way of how he wants students to write their essays. I kid you not when I say it took me and my fellow classmates 2 months to finally understand his teaching style. But after you push past the confusion, you start to notice a pattern and a routine in his classes, from there its smooth sailing.

Class of
2019
Jun 21, 2019

This is a very easy class in my opinion. His tests are question/answer association and they're open book. The only memorization I had to do was vaguely remember who said what from a couple of movies. Essay writing is a fairly simple, straightforward and repetitive process once you've understood what to do.

Class of
2019
Apr 12, 2019

That it was a debate class

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