Dear Jeff:
Thank you very much for your feedback.  I will try to facilitate future
discussions and keep the class on track.  Some of the discussion we had
yesterday are not quite closly relate to the course material (such as
valuation of internet stocks), but I decided to spend some time talking
about that just to enhance students' understanding regarding application of
the model.
I don't think I received the e-mail from your girlfriend.  Please ask her
to send it to me again today.  I will pass it on to the grader.
Regards,


At 10:56 AM 10/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>
>professor zhang:
>
>first, as i mentioned during the break, i apologize for having forgot to
>bring my homework to class, but my girlfriend (who coincidentally is in the
>day program) should have e-mailed it to you on my behalf during class last
>evening, which i hope meets the deadline.  if not, i understand.  and if,
>for some reason, you have not received it, please let me know.  (in
>addition, i apologize for having mis-labeled the homework as
>"macroeconomics."  i do know the difference between financial accounting
>and macro, so don't be alarmed.)  i assure you that such mix-ups will not
>happen again.
>
>second, since i'm writing, i thought i would take the opportunity to offer
>a very minor piece of feedback.
>
>first, let me say i'm very much enjoying the course, and from my
>perspective, it is fine that you choose to distribute the notes for a class
>after the class has taken place.  with that in mind, i think we as a class
>would benefit if you were a bit more "aggressive" in facilitating class
>discussion.  it is a fascinating group of individuals with very interesting
>questions and points of view.  and i have already benefited immensely from
>my association with my classmates.  but you happen to be fairly interesting
>as well, and some times the discussion can wander or go on for some time,
>which takes away from your instruction.  finally, some of us have many
>questions, while others have fewer.  striking a balance between the two is
>clearly a challenge, but attempts to do so may have some benefits.
>
>again, i think the course is going very well and this is a minor piece of
>feedback.
>
>best,
>jeff
>
Xiao-Jun Zhang
Assistant Professor
U.C. Berkeley, Haas School of Business
545 Student Services Building, #1900
Berkeley, CA  94720-1900
Tel: (510) 642-4789,  Fax: (510) 642-4700
E-Mail: xzhang@haas.berkeley.edu