David Zimring

School: Lynchburg College
Department: History
Location: Lynchburg, VA
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Pros: Nice guy overall if you talk to him.
Cons: Treats everyone as if they are in middle school, really. The lectures are mostly boring except for the occasional perk of information.
Occasional quizzes, three papers, and two exams. Not too bad of a course, but the sparse work leaves you with not much to balance your grade upon.
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Pros: No homework. Only 3-4 tests. Easy grading on the final exam.
Cons: Each test consists of multiple choice as well as a heavily graded essay section.
A fairly easy A. You need to either read the book well or go to class everyday. A few questions on the exams come from lecture only material but most questions are straight from the book. Attendance is not mandatory. No homework or any grades besides the 3-4 tests, mid-term, and the final.
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Pros: Loves teaching, makes class very entertaining, grading is fair and tests are very understandable
There is honestly nothing bad I can say about this course. Dr. Zimring is a great teacher. His class is not very hard if you do the work necessary, and he makes going to class fun.
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Pros: He's animated in class, and you can tell he's passionate about the subject.
Cons: Although he is passionate, that passion is mostly awkward. He acts out random things in class with the TA, and it is EXTREMELY awkward. His jokes are really corny, and he always tries to talk to class at the beginning, which is cool, but it just makes me feel awkward. The tests are not that easy, and sometimes there is more than one answer and you must choose "the best choice." There are three writing assignments throughout the year. You'd better be an extremely good writer, because he grades these assignments harder than my freshman English professor did.
Overall, the Cons outweigh the Pros. He treats this like a 3000-level course when it is simply a 1000-level. If you want to take this course, I'd find someone else to take it with, or better yet, just avoid it all together if you don't need it!
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Awesome Professor! Super animated and passionate about his field of study! If you take class notes you are sure to pass his tests!
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Pros: 3 exams, no homework, lectures are all on Scholar
His exam questions are straight from his powerpoints.
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Pros: Interesting guy.
Cons: Sort of awkward.
He is sort of awkward although he is very interesting and just doesn't teach dates and so forth but teaches the ideas.
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Pros: hes pretty cool
Cons: annoyingly quirky before every class starts
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Pros: no attendance. passionate teacher.
Cons: this class is a lot of reading plus you really have to go to class because about a 1/3 of all of his test questions come from things he says...which are NOT in the powerpoints.
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Pros: His voice will keep you awake
Cons: Everything
A student, either PhD or grad, i dont know, but he teaches this CLE history class like we are all PhD students, and even worse, he tests us on his opinion of history, not the facts. I am a history major with a 3.4 GPA and im fighting to get a B- in this class...which i do not even have to take for my major. Stay away from Zimring at all costs!
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Cons: only 3 test
3 inclass writing assignments
funny and corny!
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Pros: class is easy, no hw but reading
Cons: likes history too much
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Pros: He loves what he does and it shows, that helps make everything that much more interesting.
Cons: The writing assignments he gives through out the semester (3) are a little tough but if you do the readings it should be easy.
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He is definitely a good teacher who knows what he is talking about and is very passionate about what he is teaching.

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