Professor Blank's grading is more than fair. There were 3 three-page papers (you get a choice of 10 different topics). Most people in our class did really bad - so he decided to eliminate our lowest score and then curve the grades up. His paper grading can be tough but his comments on our papers are very helpful in improving our writing. He's always available to help - he let us email him our papers the weekend before the final paper was due so he can proof our ideas for us. He's so nice!

In regards to his lectures, he's very knowledgable and organized, even witty at times. Go to class - his worksheets are very helpful when writing papers. The workload is pretty light - the readings were pretty light. In response to previous postings - if philosophy isn't your thing, you shouldn't take this class.

Anyway, I think Professor Blank is pretty cool. =)

He grades grades you 90% on 3 papers and 10% participation. He gives you a set of questions and ask you to choose one and write a 3-page paper. What I did not like about this professor is that he asks for too many books and some of them overlap. If you take him and he's asking for more than 2 books, make sure to check them first to see if you don't need them all.

I considered this class easy and interesting and the professor is very concerned with stuents learning. You should go to his office hours because he is very helpful with the papers.

If you don't like philosophy, don't take this class.