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9/22/2013

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Participation: Each week students are required to make one substantive post and one response to another student on the class blog (professorcrain.org) under DeAnza, Poli 1 & the specific week. 

This is your opportunity to share your evaluation of the course materials, lectures, and class assignments. Please leave 2-3 comments about your experience in the course.

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15 Comments
Flora Tang
12/9/2013 12:56:43 pm

Just wanted to say thanks to Professor Crain and the awesome 8:30 class for allowing me to have such a great quarter (and such a great start to the school year). It was fun being in class, making friends and having class discussions. Some of the schedule was off, but we still learned a lot in class and I had a great time learning about political issues in society today. By the end of class, I began having lots of fun writing about these political issues and researching things discussed about in lectures. So anyways, thanks a lot to everyone to make this a great learning experience. :)

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Minh Van
12/9/2013 02:28:58 pm

Thank you Professor Crain for having such a great class to start my morning. This class has taught me a lot about politics and the importance of it. Thank you for making the class interesting with your sense of humor and personality.

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Andrew Manzanero
12/9/2013 04:37:48 pm

I am not one that is actively involved politically with what is going on in this country 100%, but i do enjoy hearing both sides of an argument when it comes to politics. You have shared a few different sources that i know for a fact i will be using in the future. One of those sources is that guns and butter radio station thing. I found it really interesting. Also how we are required to share a blog/post every week was good too. It allowed us to express ourselves to everyone else. It allowed for people who may not feel so comfortable to speak out in class, to share their opinions. Also having to reply was a good way for us as students to go through and read the posts and find out which of them we would want to comment on.

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Victor Vilchez
12/10/2013 07:03:10 am

The first segment that I watched this news: Seymour Hersh: Obama "Cherry Picked" Intelligence Syrian Chemical attack to justify U.S. Strike
I think all this what’s going on in Syria, it’s pathetic, I feel sorry about the people, especially kids are getting accepted with all this chemical bombs issues. Sometimes as I U.S citizen I feel kind of down when I hear something like this chemical attack, for me it is very interesting to me that Amy and Seymour Hersh don't go after Powers. So what understands our entire posture to Syria is their policy and they were also aching for a test case to use force under their Responsibility to Protect doctrine. So Seymour Hersh is saying that Obama’s administration is attacking Syria using chemical weapons, so who do we supposed to believe now? It is time to stop all this criminal assassinations. Personally don’t like when I hear about war, I think its enough no more war. Kids are growing hearing about wars, killing people. Later some of these kids have these thoughts in their mind then they react killing people.

The second segment was about the death of the president of South Africa Nelson Mandela, who passed a week ago at the age of 95 years old, a week after his death all the celebrities and very important people are giving a Nelson Mandela’s tribute in the FNB Soccer stadium in Soweto. I believe this place is one of the most important place for Nelson because he has the change to watched a life the 2010 Soccer world up that was hosted by South Africa, so last Sunday south Africans held a prayer day for Mandela, and now president Barak Obama is going to do his speech regarding Nelson Mandela departure, more than 50 thousands people will attend this tribute day. If we look back in t Nelson Mandela’s life with Jesse Jackson who was among the first to greet Mandela when he was freed to prison. Nelson Mandela Rest in peace.



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Angela Paolella
12/10/2013 11:48:29 am

I just want to thank Professor Crain for a great year; this class definitely got my day off to the right start. I really like how you taught the class and I know future students will too (don't change anything :)). I am maxed out on credit hours again for next quarter but hopefully I will see you in another class in the future! Thanks again!
Angela

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jonathan garcia
12/10/2013 12:07:52 pm

Being in your mtwr 8:30 class has taught me so much.i used to be those people who thought politics and government didn't directly effect me so i paid no mind.now i see that every action we make can be the step for change.some of the little things we do are the critical changes for social change.i liked how you ran the class.you can tell your passionate and care for the students and change.i think it was a great idea to have these blogs it helps everyone understand each others views.thank for a great class and continue your pursuit for all inhabitants of this world.

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Catherine Lin
12/10/2013 01:55:08 pm

Thank you Professor Crain for getting me interested in politics, and letting us understand how it really affects our everyday life even though we don't know it. Although 7:30 class is a little early at times, the class was always full of interesting discussions and topics. Thank you!

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Aditya Davar
12/11/2013 12:41:39 am

I must say this class have given quite the adventure and inspirations. I've always done my projects for the grade but our community based project was the most impactful. I learned so much about the homeless community and because of this project i have began doing my part. Though it is a small part but i feel helping and volunteering can make a difference in the future. I've always been a skeptic of conspiracies or the unfair treatment of citizens in the united states. Though my views have not changed, not really, but my eyes have opened to the truth. I realize that freedom come at a cost and it is students like me that can change and make a difference if the drive is there. If i may suggest: at times instructions and communications between us slightly lacking. I do understand the constant business you have. I merely want to let you know that is the only snag i had in your class. Thank you for everything, you've been a great and understanding professor and i wish you all the best.

P.S. i looked for the evaluation form on your website and couldn't find it. I hope this is what i am suppose to do.

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Aditya Davar
12/11/2013 12:43:35 am

Poli Sci 1 7:30AM MTWtH.

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Roger A.
12/11/2013 05:09:30 am

This class was definitely something different. I've never, not even in high school, had a class where the instructor shared different perspectives about a topic. Professor Crain has changed the way I think and look at the world. She has taught me the reality of many things to which I was blind to. The best thing about this class is that you share your opinion a lot. I think that's worth more than a simple multiple test. Nevertheless, this class was fun and very entertaining throughout the whole quarter.

Thank you professor Crain for such an experience.
Class: 830am MTWTH

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David McCarthy (7:30 - 8:20)
12/11/2013 03:01:32 pm

I have to say, this class was one of the most engaging classes I've ever been in. I found myself consistently being one of the many active voices in the class, much moreso than other courses I've taken. Although Professor Crain makes clear her feelings about politics and the government, she is able to teach without forcing her ideologies on others (which is an easy thing to do when talking about politics, it tends to happen unconsciously).

Furthermore, the introduction of Democracy Now was a pleasant experience. I can't stand mainstream media so it's good to have a viewpoint from a news source that isn't funded by our Big Brother and multiple corporations.

That said, the only negative I would have to say about this course is that lectures would often go off in tangents and rarely did we address all items on our daily discussion list. My constructive feedback would be to maintain structure and allot better time limits for each topic so we can touch upon all the material, because 50 minutes is a hell of a short time to talk about politics.

Excellent class.

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Cindy Tran (8:30 mtwtr)
12/11/2013 03:37:01 pm

Honestly I never thought that I'd ever enjoy a political science class or the subject itself but this class completely changed my mind. Professor Crain presented topics/issues that changed my perspective on our government and the issues that actually affect our lives because what we do is so important! I even want to start contributing to the community, do something positive. Its was an awesome class, thanks Professor Crain!

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Justine Picar
12/12/2013 08:00:14 am

Poli1 7:30am

Despite having to get up early to go to class, I always looked forward to it because I knew that I was always going to learn something interesting about past and current social issues. Thank you Professor Crain. I really feel like I've garnered new perspectives on a lot of things I've learned in high school. Your class has really inspired me to be more involved politically in my community and to be aware of what is happening around me. I've understood the importance of civic engagement more than I ever have in any other classroom. Thank you!

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John Eusebio
12/12/2013 02:57:29 pm

This class made me look back to re-analyze myself, not just as a person but as an intellectual. I believe everyone has a purpose, and I myself have a duty (like many others) to impact society even with the slightest contribution. It's easy to seek out questions, but its the truth behind the answers you have to work for!

Crain is one of the few people that slaps you in the face with hindsight, I believe there should be more people like her within our community but there aren't many that have that kind of integrity. I'm glad I took this class with her, I never thought political science would be this interesting. It helped me acknowledge all the different issues and aspects that society offers. Thank you Professor, and I wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

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Flora Tang
1/3/2014 04:55:55 am

For anyone who was interested in the topic of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), here is an article on how Cheerios have decided to take the step into banning GMO's, and how they hope it will help the cereal market: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-03/what-gmo-free-cheerios-means-for-cereal-rivals

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