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Art

Michael Cruz

PHOTO1A · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.0/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.3

The decision

Avoid Cruz for PHOTO1A; students consistently say he does not teach and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProDoes not teachYouTube-reliantHarsh no-rubric gradingInappropriate commentsAvoid PHOTO1A
  • All four reviews rate quality 1 and say he relies on YouTube instead of teaching.
  • complaint.
  • Students also report rudeness, inappropriate comments, and poor grade transparency.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

30/100

grades feel arbitrary and costly.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

42/100

Content itself is not described as advanced, but missing instruction and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Every review marks attendance mandatory with participation emphasized.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

12/100

Tough grader tags and .

Format shift

In-person only.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of , and .

Format shift

In-person only.

Teaching experience

Awful

8/100

Students say he does not teach and outsources class to YouTube videos.

Format shift

In-person only.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

30/100

Projects and feedback.

Format shift

In-person only.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person PHOTO1A is described as video-driven, poorly structured, and harshly graded with and little instructor teaching.

Main concern

No real instruction, no rubrics, rude or inappropriate interactions, and opaque grades.

What students said

“HE DOES NOT TEACH!!!!! he simply relies on videos.”
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“ , but .”
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“he is very inappropriate with students with comments, he is lazy and relies on videos to teach.”
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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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Reviews emphasize harshly graded projects without rubrics more than traditional exams.

Project-based gradingNo rubricsHarsh project scores

Assessment risk

Standard

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person PHOTO1A grades projects harshly without rubrics or feedback; .

No rubricsHarsh projectsVideo-based class
“ , but .”
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“provides no rubrics for student performance”
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Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ , lazy, and treats students like they are in middle school. HE DOES NOT TEACH!!!!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 unanimous in-person PHOTO1A reviews. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 No Teaching

8/100

“HE DOES NOT TEACH!!!!! he simply relies on videos.”

⚖️ Harsh Opaque Grades

12/100

“ , but .”

👎

5/100

“ if you don't want to leave angry”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • relies on videos from YouTube to conduct most of the teaching
  • Didn't teach basics of film
  • lazy and relies on videos to teach

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • grades very harsh
  • becomes extremely challenging to access student grades

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

  • very inappropriate with students with comments
  • very rude
  • treats students like they are in middle school

Data context

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Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

4

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Only 4 reviews, but all recent-ish, highly detailed, and completely consistent in negative themes.

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 54

Course coverage

PHOTO1A4 reviews

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

3

B+ 2 · B- 1

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values