<p>I’m going to be attending Orientation for Barrett Honors College in the next month or two. Can anyone recommend a top “Human Event” instructor for Fall 2011? Is there a website I can get more information about specific instructors at ASU? Any help would be appreciated. I would like this course to be a great experience my freshman year.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Dr. Montesano-Known as the easiest Human Event instructor.
Dr. Facinelli-Known as extremely easy as well.
Dr. Grzanka-Extremely thought provoking, perhaps the most intriguing human event professor.</p>
<p>My daughter signed up for Ingrahm-Waters based on ratemyprofessors reviews - my daughter is known for being quiet. Are you familiar with this professor as well? Do you think this was a good choice?</p>
<p>starbucks001,since the classes are capped at 19, a couple of them are probably going to already be filled up if you haven’t yet registered for them. make sure you go into registration with a 2nd and 3rd choice in mind for a professor</p>
<p>To bchan1, your daughter will have to work hard to do well in human event, no matter what professor, as the class is discussion-based. Speaking up is not just encouraged, but expected. I found ratemyprofessor reviews are good indicators of professors for honors classes.</p>
<p>christalena - thanks for the advice; I think she is aware of this as her high school English class is structured the same way. Over the years I’ve noticed that some teachers appreciate the quality of her contributions more while others like the quality but seem to always want more quantity - to the extent that sometimes their discussion based classes are a little out of control, a verbal free for all if you will - D does not do well in the free for all environment. Good to know that RMP is on target for the Human Event.</p>
<p>^ Definitely understand what you mean. So yes, just use RMP and she should be fine :)</p>
<p>The Human Event is quite possibly the WORST class you will ever take in your life. I absolutely HATED it. Just a complete waste of time and for me a GPA killer. If you like reading and analyzing ancient literature that doesn’t make any sense and then writing ridiculously hard essays on them, then go ahead and take the class.
But I am warning you, there is no real benefit of barrett. Its all overrated and you’ll end up wasting a lot of time and probably lowering your GPA. I wish someone had told me all this before hand.</p>
<p>@Abdallah I’m really sorry you ended up hating Human Event 
Personally, I feel like the amount of love you feel for the class largely depends on the instructor. I had Pickus, and he was a complete joy.</p>
<p>With that said, I did find myself resenting the class towards the end of my freshman year largely because I was transferring out and knew that I wouldn’t be receiving any sort of credits for it in my new school. As far as real-world application, I did meet some cool people in my classes and I did improve as a writer because of Pickus’ comments and suggestions for improvement. He wanted really clear, straightforward essays, and was able to point out exactly how to make my point easier to find. </p>
<p>So, to starbucks 001, I would definitely go with Pickus. He only requires three essays during the semester, which I feel is the most that professors should require. His reading assignments are interesting and he does a great job of guiding the classroom discussion in such a way that you feel enlightened. He’s also very eccentric, fond of hats, and has an interesting fashion sense - in short, you’ll have a difficult time forgetting Pickus! My classmates and I agree that he’s among the best professors at Barrett.</p>
<p>Good luck :)</p>
<p>Elisebear–thanks for your insight. I, too, am worried about the party atmosphere at Barrett, so I was concerned that you left because of it. I was hoping that Barrett would be different than the rest of the campus. I wondered what you consider key to making a student’s experience at Barrett positive, both academically and socially. I agonized choosing amongst the schools where I was accepted. I hope I made the right choice in Barrett</p>
<p>In addition, I hope I picked a good Human Event instructor with Montesano. I’m looking forward to the class, as it is very different from my technical major, and I thought it would be a nice change from science, math and lab work.</p>
<p>I’ve heard nothing but great things about Montesano, I had Susser- extremely hard grader, but I enjoyed his discussions immensely.</p>