Yomi Braester - University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Professor: Yomi Braester

Department: Film

College: University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CMS271
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

the class material is fun and easy, but he made it very hard to understand, he always stuck in a question and keep asking student to answer. he never reply email or any question posted online. worst thing is he fail to open the video he want to show in class every time for the whole quarter. and he always takes more than 5 mins to fix that...

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CMS271
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: No
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

This Professor drags lecture material that could fit in a 50 min class into a 2 hour lecture. The material is boring and useless, he doesn't approach the material in a exciting matter but in lifeless one. Don't take this class for an easy grade, you will regret it.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CMS272
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I think because of the class I took I had a positive experience with Yomi. He didn't seem annoying to me, he even used memes in his lectures. MEMES. He tried to crack jokes? But the class was also jointly taught with Chris Hamm. He is quite hard to follow, and does go in a circle of rants but it came off more as passionate to me than arrogant.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CLIT480
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's arrogant, but without a reason to be. He's like the poster boy for those attacking academia as elitist and useless-- he's almost a perfect caricature in this respect.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CLIT400
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Prof. Braester is an very strange person, but not "elitist" as others say. If he behaved the way he does AND was at Harvard AND had Harvard-level intellect, then he'd be elitist. No, he just seems to have an inferiority complex where he needs to prove how smart he thinks he is & put others down to pump himself up.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CMS271
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He's a nice professor that knows his material well. He tries hard to make sure the students take part by pointing at students and asking them questions, which is sometimes scary if you don't know the answer. He has that philosophical attitude, wanting to dive deeper even though its a simple concept. He hates students using their phone in class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CLIT271
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

His lectures are super slow and annoying because it takes him an hour to explain a 10 minute concept. Can't space out during class either because he and his TA's like to randomly pick on people in class so I would do the readings and skip lecture. The whole class is on one Chinese director, which means a lot of subtitles and hard names.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CLIT313
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

As a film major I found this class to be incredibly easy and sometimes boring, but I did learn a couple things about global cinema and watched many new movies. Lectures can feel long but the final assignments are all very easy! I really enjoyed the SIFF aspect of the course, it was a good excuse to go to many films at the festival.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CLIT272
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Decent professor, interesting material. Gets upset when people use their phones in class though, but oh well.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CLIT400
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I really enjoyed this class! It was a lot of fun to talk about films in intricate detail with Yomi and the other dedicated students. For this class you'll get weekly readings, movies to watch, and quickly answer a couple questions plus 3 main essays. A pleasure taking his class and work is doable and worth it!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CLIT400
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is a thoughtful intelligent professor who knows his stuff and gives good feedback. Sometimes he got criticized for not being that clear with essay expectations, but he really tries to clarify. In the end, everything came together and worked.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CLIT400A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

confusing, condescending

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CLIT271
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Yomi is interesting to listen to and his class is an easy high 3.0/4.0 as long as you attend the lectures and screenings. Grade consists of 3 essays (500, 1000, and 1500 word), attendance in quiz section, and scores on post lecture quizzes(fairly easy).

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CLIT271
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Yomi is a good professor! The class contents are interesting as well. There are many movies to watch. If you want to get VLPA, this class is a good choice to go.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CLIT313
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Most of the films are interesting, but he shows some very boring&slow ones too. Lectures are hard to understand and extremely boring because his analyses/interpretations are so deep and longwinded. But the workload for this class is also manageable

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CLIT272
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is a nice guy who is crazy about Zhang Yi Mou. If you are into Chinese cinema, you should take C LIT 271 or 272 with him. Weekly quizzes and a final paper.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CLIT315
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is pretty awesome, and he presents really interesting topics and interpretations that make otherwise terribly boring films worth watching again...I dont have much of an interest in Chinese film but after him, i'd be down to watch the in class screenings again just see his interpretations and views. He's very talky but interesting with enough cof

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CLIT271
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Yomi is a very intelligent guy but extremely boring. The movies that we watched were almost all horrible. Do not take this class

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CLIT271
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He definitely knows his stuff.. Lectures aren't too bad, but he has the WEIRDEST way of wording things. I had to re-read his lectures notes at least twice to know what he's really trying to say. The movies that he shows, however, gets progressively worse... But he's pretty easy and a reasonable guy. I actually recommend him.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CLIT271
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Yomi was a great professor. There were daily quizzes, but all open note (final was open note too). He knows what he is talking about and makes it very easy to get a good grade in the class. I highly recommend him!