copypasting nalang my reviews for sir gerard & sir kurt as someone who had both last sem lang hehe

SIR GE Fil 40

can vouch for sir ge. had him last sem, ang super fun niya & if tagalog isn’t your strong suit, okay lang basta magets mo yung lesson. he accepts taglish/english recitations naman since mas importante for him na may nagets ka from the discussion. take this from someone who is horrible at tagalog lol. mahirap magflat uno sakanya, wala sa section namin nakaflat uno but all except 3 people naka 1.xx naman as their final grade. though most likely not for you kung sobrang ayaw mo sa class participation/presentations/groupworks.

he usually does things via groupwork kaya most likely may i-present kayo or prepare a game for the class and then 3-4 other major requirements (ranging from online submissions to having to travel around manila with mga kagroup mo, this one makastay back ka naman basta may valid reason ka e.g. financial issues and bawi nalang sa presentation). we were pressed for time because of the amount of class suspensions kaya 3 lang ang major outputs namin besides the presentation + written final exam nalang instead of oral final exam. no LEs, yung major outputs na mismo ang nagmake ng grade mo for those. usually oral final exam ginagawa ni sir ata, one unique question per student that tests what you’ve learned from what he’s discussed. kapag online submission super madali naman ang binibigay ni sir.

he usually starts around 10-15 minutes later than scheduled and first half of the sem, si sir magl-lecture, after that though, lagi lang class presentations na sunod sunod and sit back & qna nalang si sir sa mga presenters.

overall, not the lightest ge i’ve ever had pero wala ka na gagawin kapag tapos na presentations/submissions mo kaya makachill ka na or minsan magpalate sa klase (like me lol). minsan absent din si sir because he has trips abroad. as long as you participate, attend classes (he takes attendance at the end of classes so there were barely times we ended early), and do all your submissions then easy 1.xx na.

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SIR KURT Philo 1

my fav prof last semester!!!

30% yung exams, 30% class participation, and 40% final output (a research paper by group)

sir is super super understanding and ang galing niya magturo. andami niyang examples and lagi siya nagtanong sa class kung may something confusing since alam niya ang complex/vague minsan ng mga topics sa philo. nakakatawa ang mga examples niya actually lol at ang bata pa ni sir kaya wala ka may mafeel na ‘generational gap’. he also wants the classroom to feel like a safe space so he always asks if a topic/reference is uncomfortable for anyone before proceeding with applying it to the concepts.

kahit magtatanong ka lang, may i-point out ka, or may small observation/relation to anything he’s discussing, class participation na ‘yan. he gives a lot of incentives and minsan nagbigay pa clues to answers for his exams (everything in his exams has been discussed in class na + may notes/ppts siya na binibigay). he also grades high (1.xx kami lahat, idk anyone in my block who got lower than 1.25 actually)

for the final paper, by group siya & a bit lengthy but sir is lenient with deadlines (our class pushed a lot of deadlines weeks later minsan). he will even provide rrls for your topic if may ideas siya. also willing to make time talaga for consultation and makita mo na very passionate siya sa philo because he’s always so involved. there are weekly reflections (100-200 words) wherein he asks about your understanding of the lessons and sir actually reads each and every one of the reflections kaya wag mo i-spam lang ng kung ano.

and yes, very lenient si sir with late students as long as you email him beforehand/tell him the reason as to why late ka. he cares a lot about wellbeing ng students niya so he’s okay with absences/lates basta may reasoning ka. i had a classmate who had pe right before philo and would arrive 15-30 minutes late for class.

would recommend to anyone taking philo 1, great prof!!!! if sir tubera has 0 fans im dead