AI Rate Professor

English

Douglas Fisher

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AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Avoid unless you want a nature-heavy English workload and and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerRambles about personal lifeUnclear assignmentsHeavy reading and essaysNature-focused EnglishTough and inconsistent grading
  • Many students say lectures become personal stories instead of clear English instruction.
  • Workload is heavy with , and nature-themed texts.
  • Experience is highly polarizing, but negative clarity and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Many students report , and .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

, and frequent multi-page writing.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Multiple reviews say he takes roll often and .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Despite a few fans, a large share of students say and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Students report , and grades as low as F or C despite effort.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

22/100

, and writing-center hours.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Frequent , and little useful instruction.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Assessment is driven by essays and .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person students describe a polarizing English teacher who rambles about his and essays, and often grades unclearly or harshly.

Main concern

, and inconsistent or tough grading.

What students said

“He tells stories about his life the entire class period. It is tortuous.”
ENGL5
“Tons of college.”
ENGLISH1A
“ !”
ENG1A
“ but great teacher and great course outline.”
ENG1A

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

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Courses emphasize multiple essays and response writing with a .

Essay heavyFinal examReading responsesIn-person class

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, with limited proof of proctoring tools.

Multiple essaysReading response quizzesFinal examNature-themed writing
“5 Essays(Lets you resubmit first 21 in-class essay), about 12 Essay Responses(to book you buy), 8hr but there is a .”
ENGL1A
“You'll end up learning more about his family and his life than English. , and your assignments are all and typing up a couple page responses about the text. Then you have like 4 essays and the .”
ENGL1A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ ”

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

🗣️ Lecture Style

30/100

“He tells stories about his life the entire class period. It is tortuous.”

📚 Workload Load

22/100

“Tons of college.”

🚫 Recommendation Risk

28/100

“ !”

⚖️

28/100

“Started the first day of class telling us that most of us weren't going to pass, and then the day of the final told us only 10% of the class passed.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He tells stories about his life the entire class period. It is tortuous.
  • Mr Fisher is better at being a friend than a teacher.
  • Rambling and incoherent - time spent in this class was wasted.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • It is very difficult to earn a B let alone an A in this course.
  • grades like you're in a Harvard class
  • Take the class if you want an A, not if you want to have an enjoyable experience.

Theme 3

📝 About Workload

  • but great teacher and great course outline.
  • , and you must write a response essay to each
  • His "goal" is to assign 8 hrs worth of hw every wk.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

90

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed in-person reviews over many years show consistent themes of rambling lectures, heavy writing, and mixed but mostly critical outcomes.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

9 reported outcomes

A range

4

A+ 2 · A 2

B range

3

B 3

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values