Block 1 Philosophy Course Evaluation Survey 2008 An anonymous student evaluation of the course. Tools Please rate the intellectual challenge of this class, with 1 being low and 10 high.     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10   Low  High Please indicate the degree to which you agree or disagree with the following statements, with 1 being strongly disagree and 10 being strongly agree.         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10         Mr. O'Leary deals fairly with students.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary has high expectations for student conduct.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary stops inappropriate student behavior.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary respects me.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Students respect Mr. O'Leary.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary is interested in me as a person.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary has high expectations for student work.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary can explain/present classwork in more than one way.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary provides activities that help students understand the coursework.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary tells us how we can use what we learn.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary knows his subject well.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary expects us to take responsibility for our own learning.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary is organized.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary gives homework related to the subject.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary makes learning interesting.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary uses different ways to assess my learning.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary evaluates my work fairly.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary is available to help me.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary enjoys teaching.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary informs me of my grade.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree       Mr. O'Leary designs quality activities and assignments.   Strongly Disagree  Strongly Agree     Please rate the following Readings on their effectiveness and quality from Poor (1) to Excellent (10).         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10         The Allegory of the Cave Reading   Poor  Excellent       Seneca's On Philosophy   Poor  Excellent       Ayn Rand's Philosophy, Who Needs It?   Poor  Excellent       Montaigne's To Study Philosophy is To Learn to Die   Poor  Excellent       Montaigne's On Physiognomy   Poor  Excellent       Plato's On Self-Discipline   Poor  Excellent       Plato's Apology   Poor  Excellent       Plato's Crito   Poor  Excellent       Montaigne's That Actions should be Judged by Intentions   Poor  Excellent       Voltaire's On Charletons   Poor  Excellent       Montaigne's "On Cruelty"   Poor  Excellent       Bacon's "Of Adversity"   Poor  Excellent       Melville's "Fast Fish and Loose Fish"   Poor  Excellent       Descartes Reading   Poor  Excellent       Montaige's On the Education of Children   Poor  Excellent       Gatto's Acceptance Speech   Poor  Excellent       Edmundson's On the Uses of a Liberal Education   Poor  Excellent       Plato's The Making of a Philosopher King   Poor  Excellent       Descartes' Meditations   Poor  Excellent       Defining Empiricism Reading   Poor  Excellent       Bacon's Idols of the Mind Reading   Poor  Excellent       Seneca's On One's Reading   Poor  Excellent       Montaigne's On Learning   Poor  Excellent       George Orwell's 1984   Poor  Excellent       Emerson's The American Scholar   Poor  Excellent       Plato's The Ring of Gyges   Poor  Excellent       Plato and Democracy   Poor  Excellent       Machiavelli's The Prince   Poor  Excellent       Hobbes' Leviathan   Poor  Excellent       Locke's Two Treatises of Government   Poor  Excellent       Rousseau's The Social Contract   Poor  Excellent       Mill's On Liberty   Poor  Excellent       Thoreau's Civil Disobedience   Poor  Excellent       Rand's The Money Speech   Poor  Excellent       Rand's Howard Rourke's Defense   Poor  Excellent       Marx's The Communist Manifesto   Poor  Excellent       Rand's "In Virtue of Selfishness"   Poor