<p>Who's better?</p>
<p>A lot of people are really against taking Pires because, although she is a good lecturer, it's really hard to do well in her class. (Apparently she told her TAs to lower lab grades because they were too high?)</p>
<p>Tamanoi doesn't really seem that much better according to BruinWalk... ?</p>
<p>Any suggestions?</p>
<p>i have the same dilemma too…</p>
<p>pires:
-shes a snake
-bad tests
-first time teaching ls3 (i believe)
-good lecturer? (dont really care)
-final is on a different day than 14d</p>
<p>tamanoi:
-good tests
-bad lecturer…but still only tests on slide material
-final on the same day as 14d
-nice times</p>
<p>i was all for tamanoi until i looked at the final time. if i took pires, her final would be my first, which is ideal for ls classes since i can have one long cram session beforehand and not worry about other tests…tamanoi’s would be weird. probably gonna take pires =/.</p>
<p>Pires has taught LS3 before. I had her for the first half of LS3 a number of summer’s ago. She was a pretty good lecturer. Her exam wasn’t terrible, IMO.</p>
<p>Although she claims that there’s no curve in the class, in the end there was - at least for my class.</p>
<p>Yeah, Pires taught LS3 before she went onto the other LS course I believe.</p>
<p>@zzzboy, my friend has the sammee exact dilemma w/ the finals for LS3/ 14D. But, people are saying to take Tamanoi anyways. o_O’'</p>
<p>pires is an amazing lecturer and an awesome person in general. do well in her class and you’re basically guaranteed a good letter of rec. you just gotta go to office hours and get to know her. i had for ls 1 and 2, she let me borrow a textbook for ls3 for free because she said the one my professor is using is horrible. good person</p>
<p>@zzzboy
At end, did you take pires or tamanoi LS3?
Can you share some thoughts about these 2 LS3?</p>
<p>I have troubles deciding to take Tamanoi or Pires. Tamanoi has one midterm and a final. Pires has 2 midterms and a final. But people seems to take Tamanoi anyway.</p>
<p>So, Pires or Tamanoi?</p>
<p>take tamanoi. very easy class. barely studied and got an A-.</p>
<p>he only tests on lecture slides and is very nice. everyone in the class loved him.</p>
<p>@zzzboy did u take 14d with hardinger and ls3 with tamanoi at same time?</p>
<p>yes i did. i took 14d, ls3, and 6c together. 14d is a lot more studying and memorization than 14C, but it is very doable with ls3. ls3 was the easiest of the 4 in my opinion, especially with tamanoi.</p>
<p>go for it.</p>