Is one unbelievable person, in a negative way. He never prepares powerpoints for class, he googles issues and lets us read them. My speech professor would be furious! That's (probably) some form of plagiarism! But wait, there's more!
Everything regarding Intercultural Communication is about discrimination with him. He showed us the Rodney King beating, then googled some anti-semite that killed (who he thought were) three Jewish people. After that we listened to the whole, 9-minute segment of Donald Sterling cry-arguing with his.. I'm not sure, mistress? Girlfriend?
We never talk about tools or tips to help us be effective intercultural communicators, only why and how people can't communicate effectively. It's frustrating. He means well but he portrays things so negatively and/or incorrectly.
While explaining to us our assignment to analyze our culture, he basically encouraged us to only report on our ethnic backgrounds. He said not to report on cultures we're a part of such as gaming cultures, because "we may not be able to provide enough information on it," which is bovine excrement.
He also represents things in strange ways. While talking about the LGBT community, he said that being gay was not a choice and should be respected as a culture but hinted towards it not being acceptable.
He reminds me of Michael Scott. He means well and wants to help, so much so that he doesn't realize his contradictory ways. We waste a lot of class time unnecessarily, also.
When he really gets going on discrimination, it takes an hour, half our class time. On a more recent occasion, he told us to make sure we read through our assignment, understand it, and come back with any questions. Then we spent half the class period listening to him read and explain the syllabus, and for the other half he just went through the chapter and commented on what we were already meant to have read.
We had so little to do he let us out early. Our classes really are a waste of time. This is the only time that, on the fabulous De Anza campus, a class has been completely useless. It's not just his fault, though. Mostly, my classmates don't participate, so I don't even get new insights from the class.
It's sad, now that I think about it. I wonder if anyone else feels the same way.
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