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Philosophy

Everett Traverso

PHIL8 · PHILPHI8 · PHIL56 · PHILO1A · PHIL · PHIL5 · PHIL6 · PHIL3 · PHIL5514 · 19 lifetime ratings

AI rating
52/100
RMP rating
3.2/5
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Difficulty
3.1

The decision

if you can self-study philosophy and tolerate dry lectures; otherwise pick a livelier section.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDry LecturerSweet but BlandFair but Hard GraderLecture HeavyMixed Philosophy Experience
  • Many students call him sweet and kind yet dry, bland, or boring.
  • if you parrot lectures and the book, but some call him a and papers.
  • as mandatory; and matching his notes.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

and listening, while others call him a and papers.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Difficulty ranges widely; material can feel dry and demanding when content is new, but .

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Is attendance flexible?

Optional

75/100

; most comments focus on lectures rather than attendance enforcement.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

Students split between loving his kindness and style versus warning others to pick a different teacher.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

Several call him a if you repeat lecture and book; and papers.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

Homework and ; not described as overwhelming but not featherlight either.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

55/100

Kind and sometimes engaging, but frequent complaints about dry, boring, or hard-to-follow lectures.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Tests and papers dominate discussion; students say study guides, notes, and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

19 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

: kind and helpful for some, boring and hard-grading for others.

Main concern

Dry lectures and over independent thought.

What students said

“He is very darling, but definitely bland.”
PHIL8
“ ! I should have listened to the rest of the comments!Very very boring teacher!”
PHIL8
“ . Good class and great teacher.”
PHIL6

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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and book material; some find them hard or mismatched to study guides.

Hard testsStudy guides may not match testsParrot lecture and bookHard grader on papers

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Tests can feel hard and reward exact lecture or book phrasing; papers may be graded strictly.

Hard testsVague study guidesHard paper gradingRead the book
“ because you had to get to the grits of things but was easy & pretty much the same for the ”
PHIL8
“gave vague study guides and then the ”
PHIL8
“ .”
PHIL3

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“He is very darling, but definitely bland. He never gets angry and very laid back”

Voice snapshots generated from 19 in-person reviews spanning 2003-2014, highlighting dry lectures, kindness, and . Credibility rating: High.

😴 Dry Lectures

45/100

“Just supporting dry lecturer very very dry. , slept a few times in class.”

❤️ Kind Personality

70/100

“Professor Traverso was very sweet.”

📝

48/100

“ , but gives out enough notes and is a .”

📚

45/100

“He wants parroted back to him exactly what he says in the lectures; no independent thought”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Nice man, but a bit boring.
  • he has killed it for me
  • i found the lectures somewhat fun.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • !
  • I completely Aced the class, A+ on EVERYTHING, just read the book and listen to him
  • . Good class and great teacher.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • I adored him.
  • he's great! he was an awesome teacher!!
  • always willing to help.

Data context

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Analysis sample

19

Recent reviews read by the AI

19

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Nineteen in-person reviews spanning many years show a consistent sweet-but-dry pattern with mixed difficulty and .

Inside 19 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 57
3 out of 57
2 out of 53
1 out of 50

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