AI Rate Professor

English As A Second Language

Scott Lightfoot

ESL0916 · ESL33A · ESL33B · ESL132 · ESL432 · ESL122 · ESLALL · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.6/5
Take again
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Difficulty
4.5

The decision

Avoid unless you are a strong native-level writer who only wants a and can risk failing.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHarsh GraderNearly Impossible to PassESL UnfriendlyBoring LecturesPop Quizzes
  • Most if you need to pass or get a C.
  • Essays and and exact lecture wording.
  • A few note he pushes critical thinking, but grades and dropout rates stay brutal.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Students repeatedly say it is hard to pass at all, let alone earn an A, especially for ESL learners.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

15/100

Daily essays, pop quizzes, and the content feel brutal for ESL students.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

even by one minute, and being late after roll can mean a .

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

15/100

Nearly every if you want to pass, with only rare praise for effort and critical thinking.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

10/100

Students report Cs, Ds, and Fs as common, with class averages around D and few high grades.

Format shift

; no online reviews.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Frequent essays, surprise quizzes, and long boring lectures create a heavy, high-pressure load.

Format shift

; no online reviews.

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Most call him unhelpful, unsympathetic, and a poor fit for ESL, with only isolated praise for hard work.

Format shift

; no online reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

65/100

, and frequent essays drive grades .

Format shift

; no online reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Overwhelmingly negative ESL experience with , and little support for non-native speakers.

Main concern

Extremely hard to pass; , and and exact lecture recall.

What students said

“If you want to pass . It is a waste of time and money.”
ESL33B
“He is the , if you wanna pass or at least !!!”
ESL122
“ ! not accept late work AT ALL!”
ESL33B

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.

Surprise quizzes and and punish late or imperfect work.

Pop QuizzesMemorize Exact Lecture WordingHard TestsNo Late Work

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and pop quizzes are described as supremely hard unless you memorize his exact lecture words.

Pop QuizzesMemorize Exact Lecture WordingHard Tests
“ unless you can REMEMBER EVERYTHING in the EXACT WORDS from what he says in his endless boring lecture...”
ESL33B
“very hard to get a good grade, because there are a lot of pop quizzes.”
ESL432

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you want to pass . It is a waste of time and money. He never gives good credits.”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 in-person reviews spanning 2008-2014, , and ESL fit. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 Pass Risk

12/100

“If you want .”

📝

10/100

“ ! not accept late work AT ALL!”

👎 Teaching Quality

18/100

“He is a super BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD professor.”

📚 ESL Fit

15/100

“*** ***”

Theme 1

🚫 About Passing and Grades

  • If you want to pass .
  • He is really hard to pass.
  • only 3 or 4 ppl passed with very lower grade
  • Class average was a D.

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • tedious,endless lecture
  • Horrible, unsympathetic teacher
  • He will put you down and won't help you at all.

Theme 3

📝 About Work and Tests

  • unless you can REMEMBER EVERYTHING in the EXACT WORDS
  • a lot of pop quizzes

Data context

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Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

16

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Sixteen detailed in-person reviews span 2008-2014 and are highly consistent, but they are old and lack recent data.

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 51
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2 out of 53
1 out of 511

Course coverage

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ESL33A2 reviews
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