Peter Amato
| School: | Drexel University |
| Department: | Philosophy |
| Location: | Philadelphia, PA |
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2. Is a brilliant man.
3. Wrote a textbook for the course that is straightforward and all you have to do is pay for it to be printed out at the CopyCenter, which costs $15.
4. Teaches you how to think, not how to pass. Very valuable tool.
Cons: 1. Talks very quickly at points; I can see how this would be very frustrating for a person who isn't quite as familiar with English.
2. Doesn't hand out A's like their worthless, but that's not a con, that is really just being fair.
Cons: attendance is required. easily sidetracked, causing the class to run behind the schedule on the syllabus. read and participate and you'll do great!
Cons: He is definitely a little different... He is kind of just a goofy guy, but don't let that stop you from taking him!
His teaching style is quite erratic, and he asks for participation (to no avail) - but you can basically bring your laptop and do whatever else you want to do because he just goes over verbatim what is in the textbook that HE wrote.
I finished the final in 15 minutes and got an A+ in the class. If you want to get an easy A in PHIL 105, take Amato.
He makes class fun and interesting. His movements are funny and his answers are very informative and detailed but never boring. You will not fall asleep in his class. In fact you miss more not hearing him than reading any text you have to read. Work is fair and if you just show up to class and listen you will get an A.
First of all, I want to point out that he will tell you that it "may be" the most important class you ever take, and he is right. I am getting ready to take my GMATs now, and about 1/6 of the test is on concepts from critical reasoning. For me, this class may have brought me GMAT scores from just getting in to a 40% scholarship. Not to mention, it helps with other courses, so take it to heart.
He may be the professor at Drexel who is most respectful of his students and their opinions, and is very conscience of his words and actions. This comes from someone who leans to the right politically, so all those below here who say that he is a flaming liberal who hates any conservatives are entirely wrong. Those comments almost kept me from taking this class, and I am glad I ignored them.
To clarify some points below, his textbook is available at the copy center for $15, but he also posts it online for free (he's not one of those professors that forces you to buy his book to get royalties, then doesn't use it the whole term). So, if you have access to a printer where you don't have to pay for toner or paper (i.e. the honors center or the CRC), there is no cost for the text. Print or buy the text, because it is useful to have it in class.
The homeworks are a cakewalk as long as you look at the textbook. All of the questions he asks in the homework are straight from the textbook or notes in class. It is easy to come up with 8-10 sentences. After he returns the homeworks, he goes through how he graded them and what he assigned point values to. Pay attention to this, because you'll see these questions again on the exam review. Then, the exam review has all of the questions that will be on the exam, so if you have trouble with the exams then you must not be learning anything. And that is the point! You don't have to panic about what will be on the exam or spend a whole night studying. You will get a good grade in this class as long as you LEARN and pay attention. That doesn't mean memorize, it means you have to learn the stuff to get a good grade, and Pete makes it extemely easy to learn.
3 long homeworks (10% each)
3 closed-book exams modeled after the homeworks (20% each)
participation (10%)
The homeworks have 6-8 essays questions, each requiring 8-10 sentence answers. The exams are basically the same questions that you did for homework, only now it's closed book so you have to memorize the questions. He gives you a study guide of what you should expect to see on the test. The study guides have 12 questions on them, so you have to memorize 12 essays (10 sentences each, so 120 sentences total) to be prepared for the exams. He only asks about 6 of them on the actual exam, so it's really not that bad. Some people can't handle it but that's because they're idiots. You're not an idiot, are you?
this class has a medium amount of reading and a medium-heavy amount of writing required (this coming from a business student). Expect bi-weekly assignments that involve a lot of writing. He expects answers to be complete and will readily take off points if he feels you didnât explain something clearly. However this should not be an issue because he goes over all the material very very clearly during lectures and the âtextbookâ also does a good job of explaining the material. The midterm is also straight forward but very long so its tough to complete the exam within the time limit. You wont have this problem during the final.
Againâ¦this is one of the best classes/teachers I have had a Drexel to date. You will learn a lot of useful facts about the world and will most defiantly take away something of value. Anyone who says otherwise is a lazy bastard who probably did badly in the class because he/she didnât feel like putting the time/effort into it. honestly, itâs a huge loss on their end.
Now other then that I have had Peter for 2 classes now, PHIL 105 and PHIL 210. He has been a great teacher in both of them and is very energetic, he knows not everyone cares about philosophy the way he does so he is very energetic to get you amped up. The workload is pretty light and he is willing to help you with it if you need it as well. You can turn an assignment in early and get it graded and then re-hand it in after making corrections as well so hes nice with grading and helping you learn.