I (the prof.) and the TA welcome feedback. If we are doing something well, let us know. Equally, if not, let us know that too. It's best if you do so by e-mail, so that we have a record of it.
We take student input seriously. Often, we will incorporate feedback into the teaching of this course. On the other hand, sometimes we will not agree with it.
Criticism is always much more useful when it is done
constructively. In other words, if you complain, include suggestions
for how things could be done better. If you are giving us kudos,
though, we don't mind how you do it!
The sooner you communicate with us about a problem, the sooner we can respond. Don't wait for the final course evaluation forms to moan about your pet peeves. We will also use written mid-course evaluations as an internal feedback tool.
If for some reason you are afraid to identify yourself in a
communication, then you may use the anonymous
feedback web form for this course . The data from this form are
delivered by e-mail. Please take care to use this anonymous
delivery service only when really necessary. Most requests can
actually most efficiently be handled by regular, non-anonymous,
methods.
(Please also give me and the TA some credit for
professional ethics: we are well aware that any teacher who tried to
get revenge on a student for a tough question or complaint - e.g. by
deducting grade points - would be acting totally and utterly
unprofessionally.)
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(P.S.: We do not pay attention to poorly-constructed commercial sites like ratemyprofessors.com. These data are [statistically] meaningless, not to mention useless, and most - if not all - students who post to these sites do so for all the wrong reasons. With this course, you are much better off posting your feedback via the anonymous web script. Besides, what prof. puts stock in a hot tamale next to their name?!)