AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

John Sowers

MATH · MATHMATH · MATH15 · MATH050 · MATH1550 · MATH10 · MATH50 · 27 lifetime ratings

AI rating
63/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
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Difficulty
2.3

The decision

if you already know some math and can handle eccentric behavior; avoid if you need patient, clear instruction from scratch.

Best fit · Easy A HunterEasy A with open notesHilarious but hard of hearingDrops lowest testPolarizing teaching styleWeekly quizzes and tests
  • Open notes, books, and if you show up and .
  • many call him a passionate easy-A math teacher; others say he is rude, error-prone, and unhelpful to beginners.
  • Hearing issues, short temper, and old-man humor dominate the classroom experience.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

84/100

Notes, books, calculators, test corrections, and a .

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

72/100

Most courses are intro math that many call a piece of cake, though returners without recent skills still struggle.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

52/100

Attendance is not formally detailed, but students say showing up and .

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

Strong easy-A praise and humor fans clash with harsh reports of rudeness and weak teaching for true beginners.

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

78/100

, and dropped lowest scores keep grades friendly for prepared students.

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Workload

Light

70/100

Homework and frequent quizzes exist, but volume is manageable and .

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Teaching experience

Average

55/100

Some students finally understand math with him; others report he expects prior knowledge and belittles questions.

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Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

Weekly quizzes and tests dominate, while homework and .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

27 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

In-person math classes feel like an easy A with open-note tests and dropped scores, but delivery is hit-or-miss and personality friction is common.

Main concern

Hearing problems, board mistakes, and dismissive responses to struggling students.

What students said

“He lets you use and quizzes and if that wasn't good enough he even !!”
MATH50
“overall a definite easy A if you do the homework and show up.”
MATH50
“This Poor guy needs to retire bad! He is always making mistakes and when you bring it to his attention he gets mad.”
MATH50

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

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Exam style

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Exams and quizzes routinely allow notes and books, with corrections and a dropped lowest score.

Open notesBook allowedCalculator allowedTest correctionsDrops lowest test

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

86/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person tests and quizzes allow notes, books, and .

Open notesBook allowedTest correctionsDrops lowest test
“lets you and tests AND he .”
MATH50
“he lets you use calc/notes/book for tests and then you can correct your test the next day for .”
MATH15

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Mr. Sowers is hilarious. He's a great teacher and lets you and tests AND he .”

Voice snapshots generated from 27 , and polarized teaching reports. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Easy A Path

84/100

“EXTREMLY hard of hearing, and has a short temper but an overall easy A for the class.”

📝 Open-Note Tests

86/100

“Good teacher. Let's you use notes, book, and . .”

⚠️ Polarizing Classroom

40/100

“Rude to students ,he is not willing to actually teach to students who do not understand the concept.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • If you struggle with understanding math, Mr. Sowers is an outstanding TEACHER.
  • he didn't really teach anything, he just kind of expected us to know it
  • He has a deep passion for teaching.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • His class is a piece of cake; .
  • No reason not to get an A.
  • If u know the subject well enough, it will be an eeeeasy A.

Theme 3

👂 About Personality & Hearing

  • constantly cracking up at his old man outbursts
  • so old though and can't hear for crap
  • He needs to retire!!!

Data context

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Analysis sample

27

Recent reviews read by the AI

27

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

27 detailed in-person reviews spanning 2005-2011 with consistent themes, but older sample and polarized opinions lower certainty.

Inside 27 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 512
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Course coverage

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