<p>I'm currently enrolled in the course and the content's interesting for the most part. However, I'm one of those kind of people who don't grasp as much from the material because of the "talking-style" Nader uses to lecture. I go to every class and take notes on my laptop, but I don't feel like I'm taking good enough notes. To anyone in the class, would anyone be interested in trading notes after lecture? I can send mind to you and vice versa, just so we all have better resources for the course.</p>
<p>Also, since discussions are optional, I have not been able to go to them due to a schedule conflict? What kind of stuff is discussed there? Anything that is not mentioned in lecture (such as what to expect for exams or about the readings)?</p>
<p>Finally, I may have missed this, but any current student or anyone who has taken the course before, what are we expected to know for the exams? Based on the notes that I've compiled, I'm finding it difficult to figure out how to prepare for them.</p>
<p>I’m in the class right now also. The readings I feel are the most important part of the class. Her lectures revolve around the readings, and they are much better understood if you do them. In the discussions, we go more in depth with the readings for the week mainly, while speaking about several ideas that might have been brought up in class that week. From what I’ve gathered together so far, understanding the readings is the best way to be prepared for the exams.</p>
<p>Thanks for your response tallguy88. I would agree with that. When I do read the readings and she does discuss them, things seems to connect more and make sense in terms of what’s discussed. I just wish she was a little more specific in what we’re expected to know or get out of the class instead of having us figure it out completely on our own.</p>
<p>Anyone else have anything to add (such as being willing to trade notes with me or other insight for how to prepare for exams in your opinion).</p>
<p>Unfortunately it wasn’t much in my opinion. There was some help on topics, but for the most part the GSIs did not answer the questions on the review sheet, just “guiding” people to how to think. Probably the most important thing I learned was that we NEED a bluebook, which I don’t think they brought up any time until the review session.</p>
<p>BTW @theboozer, by any chance do you type the notes that you do for lectures, discussion, readings, etc.? I’ve been looking for someone to trade notes with to have more information in preparation of the midterm. Let me know if you would like to do this.</p>
<p>unfortunately, I don’t have anything typed for notes. My lecture notes aren’t really much at all in general either. Just a bunch of random things.</p>
<p>This has been a unique class to say the least…not even sure what to expect tomorrow.</p>
<p>It’s all good, most people in the class hand write notes in lecture. A lot of my notes are around the place too and her lecturing style is a little different than what I’m accustomed to. Definitely unique class to say the least, I just hope I get a “passing” score. As for the exam tomorrow, the GSIs don’t know exactly the setup of the exam (they say the see it the same time we first do), but based on previous years, we can expect to answer 3 out of 4 ID questions, 3 out of 6 short response questions, and 2 out of 4 long essay questions. Good luck with the test too.</p>