The professor is not easy on you, but for good reason. After taking this course, I feel as though my writing and understanding of how to write has greatly improved. It feels discouraging in the beginning, as the rough draft is graded (though not inputted into the grade book) to show if you are on track with the first essay assignment. Most everyone would do poorly. Just make sure you do the (usually) bi-weekly reading logs to the best of your ability (hopefully scoring extra credit points as you do so), engage in class, and be willing to accept and ask for criticism. It was rough, no doubt. At the same time, I could not have asked for a better professor.

Selling the required book:
A Rulebook for Arguments, Anthony Weston - $5
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I genuinely liked this class and would recommend taking Juliano. I started off the quarter feeling very panic about this course. The theme "theater in politics" was definitely not something I had much background knowledge in especially as a non-US citizen. The first essay did not go well for me, I think I got a 70+ which was a C (even with extra credits). Fortunately it did not count much towards the final grade and as a result I started to go to her office hour (be sure to book early cause it fills up quickly) every week when drafting and revising the second essay, and she was really clear on her expectations for my essay. The topic for the second essay was really flexible (can be about almost anything as long as slightly relevant to one of the readings), and was heavily research-based. Two reading logs every week could be exhausting but I found most of the readings she assigned interesting and not very long. Earning extra credits through reading log was highly probable, and tons of other extra credits were given. I did not expect getting an A+ at all so I guess she was pretty generous when assigning final letter grades.

This class has a bigger workload compared to other english comp classes but your grade does improve over time and she does give a lot of extra credit. She’s also willing to help if you attend her office hours.