AI Rate Professor

English

Donald Doten

ENGL5 · ENGENG · ENGLISH · ENG50 · ENGLI5 · ENGLISH50 · ENGLE · MYTH · ENGL · ENG · MYTHOLOGY · MYTH4190 · ENG5 · ENGLI05 · ENG4200 · ENGL50 · ENGLISH5 · MYTH0000 · MYTH50 · LITMYTH · 51 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
2.9/5
Take again
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Difficulty
4.1

The decision

if you love literature or mythology and will self-study hard; avoid if .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerPolarizing LecturerHard Comprehensive ExamsSelf-Study HeavyCondescending Tone RiskShow-and-Tell Extra Credit
  • Students either call him a life-changing rigorous scholar or a condescending teaching disaster.
  • , and self-teaching are common; lectures often feel meandering.
  • show-and-tells and deep engagement can help, but easy As are rare.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Even strong English students , and that an A requires constant mastery rather than attendance.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

24/100

Material and , and more like UC-level work than typical SMC.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

45/100

and to participate, but rules are not framed as formal roll-call policy.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

38/100

hardcore learners praise .

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

24/100

Many call him absurdly hard or stingy, docking heavily and demanding near perfection.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

, and exam prep make the load feel exhausting for most.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

42/100

Deep knowledge and some brilliant lectures clash with meandering talks, humiliation, and weak guidance for others.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Comprehensive exams, IDs, essays, and art identification dominate grades alongside commentaries.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person English and mythology sections are sharply split between transformative hardcore learning and .

Main concern

, and a condescending classroom tone for many students.

What students said

“ .”
ENG50
“If . If you're a slacker and looking for an easy "A," this class is not for you.”
ENGLISH5
“ or class notes, just assigned readings.”
ENG50

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are hard, timed, and comprehensive with heavy memorization; show-and-tells can soften the blow.

Comprehensive Timed ExamsHeavy MemorizationEssay QuestionsArt IdentificationExtra Credit Show and Tell

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

slots and reward deep reading plus picture or trivia memory, with limited spoon-feeding.

Comprehensive Timed ExamsHeavy MemorizationEssay QuestionsArt Identification
“ many questions alotted for the time available.”
MYTH50
“ test you on his musings he thinks are important (which of course he never tells you.)”
ENG50
“A lot to memorize. He's stingy about letting you know what's on the .”
ENGLISH50

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If . If you're a slacker and looking for an easy "A," this class is not for you.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews, highlighting rigor, polarity, and . Credibility rating: High.

🔥 Polarized Experience

38/100

“ love him or hate him.”

📉

24/100

“Grades way too difficultly. right ones.”

🧠 Hardcore Payoff

70/100

“fifteen years later, he was probably the undergraduate and graduate school.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • or class notes, just assigned readings.
  • DISCUSSES the topics with us and encourages us to deeply analyze and question the material.
  • , and kinda mean.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • , but if you love the subject, it's a very enjoyable class.
  • Not an easy A, unless your English is profficent and perfect.
  • do the show and tells, easy xtra credit.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Tone

  • Awful, awful, awful proffessor. Egotistic and condescending.
  • ! He takes an interesting subject and kills it.
  • He truly loves teaching. I wish that .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

51

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty polarized but detailed in-person reviews over many years consistently describe high rigor and a split teaching experience.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 514
4 out of 511
3 out of 56
2 out of 54
1 out of 516

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

1

A+ 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not_Sure_Yet 1