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Rating for James Bagnall
Architecture Department at Cal Poly, SLO

ARCH 121
Freshman
Grade Earned: A
Required (Support)
2:04 am, Dec 24, 2007

This guy is OLD. 73, I believe. If you're an arch, try to avoid him but if you're arce, I'd suggest taking him because this series doesn't matter quite as much for us. The good about Bagz (as we all call him now): this guy can DRAW and you WILL get better at drawing over the course of the quarter. He's funny--half the time because of the random shit he says and half the time cuz of what he does. Now, the bad: he usually keeps you all 3 hours, except for a rare occasion like a guest lecture--which I rarely went to. It's extremely difficult to get a bearing on what the given project is sometimes because of how vague he is. He won't answer questions about projects sometimes also--half the time because it's a stupid question and the other half I have no idea. During critiques of the work, he can talk for up to 45 minutes so be prepared to grab a chair before everyone else gets the few that are available. *Other things to consider: if you can draw, he'll automatically like you better in the beginning of the course but if you show little to no improvement you'll probly get a C. If you suck at drawing and show improvement you'll probly get an A. If you do get him, use white space and dynamic balance on projects because that's a guaranteed B, at the least. Also, we went to his house during dead week and drew, which wasn't half bad--the design was good, though the outside of his house was pretty hideous. Really, this guy isn't that bad, but I was laughing half the time I was in class so that mighta made a difference. I'm going to take him for the rest of the series but I'm arce. If you're arch, look for someone else because I know there's a lotta shit you don't end up learning in here--shit you'll probly learn in Swearingen's class.

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