AI Rate Professor

English

John Hoskins

ENGLISH101 · ENGLISH105 · ENG205 · ENGLISH205 · HUMA201 · ENG51 · HUMA101 · ENGL101 · ENG101 · HUM201 · ENGLISH · HUM101 · HUMAN101 · 64 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.4/5
Take again
29.17%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

Avoid unless you want a rigorous, opinionated writing mentor and can handle political lectures and tough essays.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerPolitically Charged LecturesTough Essay GraderPhilosophical RamblerParticipation HeavyVague Prompts
  • Many students say lectures drift into politics and philosophy instead of clear English instruction.
  • as the main or only grade component.
  • A and growth if they buy into his critical style.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Essays and , so an A requires strong writing and alignment with his standards.

Both online and ; online adds sparse feedback complaints.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

, and subjective tests make the content intellectually demanding.

In-person and and hard papers; HUMA can feel easier for some.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Attendance repeatedly matters for the grade, with .

and common online; a few sections list it as optional.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

29/100

Only about 29 percent would take again, and most recent comments urge students to pick someone else.

loyal minority in each.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

22/100

, and subjective quizzes leave little room for average work.

Format shift

; online students also report grades without useful feedback.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

, and discussion prep create a heavy semester load.

Format shift

So many papers and lots of reading appear online and in person.

Teaching experience

Poor

32/100

Some find him inspirational, but far more report rambling political lectures and little clear English teaching.

Format shift

; online is mixed but often awkward.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

30/100

and papers, with quizzes or tests adding hard secondary pressure in humanities sections.

Format shift

Online and ; some .

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

44 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person majority warns of , and hard subjective tests or essays, with a vocal minority calling him inspirational.

Main concern

and political tangents make the class feel like a GPA risk.

What students said

“ !! By far the worst and weirdest professor I've ever had.”
ENG101
“He may be tough, but the academic career.”
ENG101
“It felt like I was taking a class on politics more than a class on English”
ENG101

Remote format

Online

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online students report tough grading, random cold-calling, political tangents, and .

Main concern

and awkward forced discussion with little practical English scaffolding.

What students said

“John Hoskins is a and very critical with his discussions.”
ENG101
“This Professor is very political based and ”
ENG101
“He calls on students randomly a lot!!!”
ENG101

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment is usually strict and subjective, centered on essays and tough quizzes rather than student-friendly open formats.

Essay-heavy gradingSubjective quizzesOnline exams in some sectionsHard timed essays

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and sometimes online exams with pre-test review.

Essay examsHard quizzesOnline exams mentioned
“Online exams and does reviewing a class before”
HUMA101
“Tests and ”
HUM101
“ ”
ENG205

Online

Online comments and discussion cold-calls; they do not clearly prove webcam proctoring.

Tough essay gradingRandom cold calling
“ and had many people proofread and would receive 10/15 every essay with ”
ENG101

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ !! By far the worst and weirdest professor I've ever had.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 English and humanities reviews, highlighting political lectures and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

32/100

“we spend the and all he does is speaks on his political opinions”

👎 Low Recommendation

29/100

“Safe your self some time and find a different professor”

⚖️

22/100

“He and ”

📚 Political Classroom

25/100

“Everything is politics with this professor”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • if you don't participate
  • His lectures were overly political, didn't seem planned out
  • I learned a lot from him.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • . There are
  • IF UR A C/B STUDENT
  • He is an as well

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

  • Most classes were honestly really awkward because we would just sit in silence
  • by the end of the class people were too scared to participate
  • and expects you to agree with him

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

64

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over many years show highly consistent , and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59
4 out of 58
3 out of 510
2 out of 514
1 out of 523

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

25 reported outcomes

A range

6

A 6

B range

9

B+ 4 · B 4 · B- 1

C range

5

C+ 4 · C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

4

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 2