Marcus Patton

ENGWR51 · ENGLISH300 · ENG300 · ENLIT332 · ENGWR50 · ENGLISH301 · ENGLT321 · ENGWR300 · 77 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 28/100
RMP rating: 2.5/5
Take again: 16.13%
Difficulty: 3.3

The decision

Avoid unless no other option; expect late grades, vague guidance, and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProExtremely slow gradingNo useful feedbackPaper heavyTough graderAvoid if possible

Dominant student message is and .
Essay-heavy English courses punish students who need timely guidance to improve.
A minority say the work is doable if patient, but most report GPA risk and frustration.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

30/100

Even hard-working students report B or C .

Online and ; a few online students still earned A with heavy effort.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

, and strict standards make English 300 feel grinding.

Online workload complaints are loudest; and boring prompts.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

Some sections mark attendance mandatory while .

Online often optional; several in-person and and you will not pass.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

and most detailed reviews explicitly say stay away.

and in person, with only a small positive minority.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

nitpicky grammar focus and GPA-damaging scores.

Format shift

; online adds the problem of grades arriving too late to use.

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Many papers, near-daily homework, discussion posts, and .

Format shift

Online reviews document the and paper counts.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Students repeatedly , and hands-off online teaching.

Format shift

Office-hour positives exist, but online instruction quality is widely panned.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

22/100

Essays and grade, with quizzes and homework as .

Format shift

Online .

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

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Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

, boredom, and harsh outcomes, with a few milder older takes.

Main concern

and weak communication still show up face to face, including serious trust concerns.

What students said

“ .”
ENGWR300

“HE DOES NOT GRADE FOR THE DEPTH OF YOUR WRITING CONCEPTS. He grades for grammer”
ENGWR51

“he is so behind that still no one has their grades from him”
ENG300

Remote format

Online

30 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online ENGWR300 is the : , and poor communication.

Main concern

, so students cannot fix mistakes before the next paper.

What students said

“It is now December 6th and .”
ENGWR300

“Papers are 90% of your grade.”
ENGWR300

“you will never receive any feedback on assignments until the ”
ENG300

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment centers on high-stakes papers and and .

Essay heavySlow gradingVague rubricsQuizzesNo late work

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and delayed final grades more than proctoring tools.

Harsh essay gradingGrammar focusedDelayed grades

“He grades for grammer when that was not the purpose of the class.”
ENGWR51

“Grades were due yesterday, school-wide, he's so behind that still no one has their grades from him.”
ENG300

Online

Online students report many essays, vague quizzes, and .

Many essaysResearch paperVague quizzesLate grading

“Papers are 90% of your grade. It'd be worth 400 points and everything else like 10 pts.”
ENGWR300

“ , and grades harshly”
ENGWR300

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice
“STAY FAR AWAY. He is one of the .”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, emphasizing repeated slow-grading and and in person. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

30/100

“this guy is a joke of a teacher”

🐢

15/100

“It is now December 6th and .”

📝 Paper Load

24/100

“Papers are 90% of your grade.”

🚫 Recommendation

18/100

“ . .”

Theme 1

⏱️

I still have two essays I completed early April worth 400 points that haven't been graded
and 2/3s of

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Grades beyond hard
This class broke my 4.0 GPA
He grades extremely hard and and

Theme 3

💻 About Online Instruction

There are , very little instruction, and the rubrics are very vague
The class page he
he never

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across online and in-person English courses over many and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 511

4 out of 514

3 out of 58

2 out of 521

1 out of 523

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

29 reported outcomes

A range

A 4

B range

B+ 4 · B 8 · B- 2

C range

C+ 1 · C 3 · C- 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Not sure yet 6

Marcus Patton

Avoid unless no other option; expect late grades, vague guidance, and x x x.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Varies

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

🐢 x x

📝 Paper Load

🚫 Recommendation

⏱️ x x x

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

💻 About Online Instruction

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

Avoid unless no other option; expect late grades, vague guidance, and .

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