AI Rate Professor

Photography

Norm Abbey

PHOTOPHOT · PHOTO21 · PHOT21 · PHOTO101 · PHOTO5690 · 18 lifetime ratings

AI rating
95/100
RMP rating
4.9/5
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Difficulty
2.3

The decision

Take Abbey for Photo 21 if you want to truly learn photography and are ready to put in the hours.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPassionate PhotographerPatient MentorHands-On DarkroomEffort-Based GradingBest Photo Teacher
  • Beloved , and deeply skilled
  • Workload can be heavy with projects and darkroom time, but effort is rewarded
  • Near-perfect praise for enthusiasm, critiques, and real craft teaching

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

68/100

and generous if you show effort and redo work, but and care.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Craft skills and darkroom process are manageable with guidance, but volume of work and practice is real.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

50/100

Reviews do not detail a ; and studio time.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

94/100

Students almost unanimously call him the and .

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

78/100

Fair and if you put work in.

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

Many students report substantial outside hours, projects, and darkroom practice.

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Teaching experience

Excellent

95/100

, and endlessly willing to help one-on-one.

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

25/100

Course , and process work rather than high-stakes exams.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

18 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Students rave about Abbey as a warm, expert photo teacher who invests heavily in helping students improve their prints and vision.

Main concern

Significant outside-class time and .

What students said

“This is the . He realy knows his stuff and he is always willing to teach you one on one”
PHOTO21
“A lot of work needs to put into the class, 18+ hours outside of class. Very helpful and you learn a lot.”
PHOTO21
“You can also re-do any photos for re-grading.”
PHOTO21

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

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Exam style

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Midterm and as easy; grades mainly reflect effort on prints and projects.

Easy MidtermEasy FinalProject-BasedRedo Prints

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

80/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and ; primary evaluation is prints and projects with redo chances.

Easy Midterm and FinalPrint ProjectsRedo for Re-grading
“Midterm and . He grades fairly easy on your prints long as you show you put effort into it.”
PHOTO21
“You can also re-do any photos for re-grading.”
PHOTO21

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“I Strongly recomment this professor for photography 21!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 18 in-person photography reviews focused on mentorship, craft, and effort-based success. Credibility rating: Medium.

📷 Teaching Quality

95/100

“He is the it comes to skills and technics.”

💪 Workload Reality

35/100

“A lot of work needs to put into the class, 18+ hours outside of class.”

👍 Recommendation

94/100

“If your interested in !”

❤️ Mentorship

95/100

“he would always go out of his way to help a student out, he's also friendly and warm”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and understanding
  • critiques well
  • uses creative way to help students learning

Theme 2

📸 About Photography Craft

  • he realy knows his stuff
  • look at all those different values
  • amazing photographer

Theme 3

⏱️ About Workload & Grades

  • There are a lot of work in Professor Abbey's class, but it is very interesting
  • give you a good grade since you tries a lot
  • re-do any photos for re-grading

Data context

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Analysis sample

18

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

18 highly consistent glowing reviews with rich detail on teaching and workload, though most are older and grades are unreported.

Inside 18 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 517
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Course coverage

PHOTO2114 reviews
PHOT211 review
PHOTO1011 review
PHOTO56901 review
PHOTOPHOT1 review

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