AI Rate Professor

Health & Physical Education

James A. Sims

WEIGHTTRAINING · HEALTH011 · KIN3504 · HEALTH11 · HEALT11 · KIN3503 · HEALT011 · KINMAJ100 · KIN350 · KIN3501 · HEALT0001 · 133 lifetime ratings

AI rating
86/100
RMP rating
4.4/5
Take again
81.94%
Difficulty
1.8

The decision

if you can attend and grind homework; if you hate busywork and forced book buys.

Best fit · Easy A HunterCaring CoachEasy A With AttendanceLots of HomeworkForced Textbook OnlineHilarious Lectures
  • In-person KIN and weight training are highly praised for form coaching, early dismissal, and real fitness gains.
  • Online Health often means heavy busywork, strict deadlines, and a required self-authored textbook many call irrelevant.
  • Most students still earn A or A+ if they show up, meet deadlines, and use provided study notes.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

Most students report A or A+ if , and use study notes or open-book materials.

Online Health grades are easy if deadlines are met; and Health also spoon-feed As for attendance and effort.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

76/100

Content is introductory health or guided workouts; intellectual challenge is low while volume and deadlines create the real friction.

Both formats are content-easy; online friction is busywork and and mandatory presence.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

32/100

and participation; many online Health sections list attendance as not mandatory.

Evidence of ; online Health is often asynchronous with deadline pressure instead.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

78/100

and rave fitness reviews outweigh and the forced book.

; online reviews are split between easy-pass praise and busywork warnings.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

74/100

He often wants everyone to pass, provides answers or study notes, and many report easy As .

Format shift

In person is more generous; online includes tougher or .

Workload

Moderate

48/100

KIN workouts are structured but ; , and weekly homework.

Format shift

Online Health is heavier on assignments; load.

Teaching experience

Good

80/100

Students call him caring, hilarious, and form-focused in the gym, though a minority cite yelling, OCD-like nitpicking, or .

Format shift

In-person coaching praise is strongest; online quality is more mixed around organization and .

Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

Mix of homework, projects, quizzes, long multi-choice exams, and participation or .

Format shift

Online leans assignment and quiz heavy; , and Canvas exams.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

33 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

In-person KIN and Health students describe him as a if they attend and try.

Main concern

Attendance is mandatory and a few .

What students said

“He is AMAZING! By far the .”
KIN350
“He changed my life!!!! ... The class was super easy, Easy A.”
HEALT011
“ say”
KIN350

Remote format

Online

17 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

Online Health is often an A with open-book quizzes and study notes, but , and a costly forced textbook.

Main concern

, and forced textbook purchase with .

What students said

“ and multiple choice or True/False. This class is low stress and takes minimum effort”
HEALT011
“Lots of . He makes you purchase his book where he wrote more nonsense”
HEALTH011
“A ridiculous amount of work like absolutely ridiculous. as ridiculous”
HEALT011

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

with study guides, though some long online tests and no late work keep pressure high.

Open BookOpen NoteMultiple ChoiceStudy Notes ProvidedGroup Split Long ExamsStrict Due Dates

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

78/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

but are often open notes, group-split, or answer-provided, with attendance heavily weighted.

Open NotesGroup Split QuestionsAnswers ProvidedLong Multiple ChoiceAttendance Weighted
“The final and midterm were 500 questions but we split the questions in our groups.”
HEALT011
“Test are 200 questions but he provides the answers.”
HEALT011

Online

with provided study notes and multiple choice or true/false formats.

Open BookOpen NoteMultiple ChoiceStudy NotesNo Late Work
“ and multiple choice or True/False.”
HEALT011
“Most of and he provide study notes that are exactly what you need to pass the exam.”
HEALT011

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Are you an early morning bird that wants to get into shape and have a great workout? Want to pass with an A? ... !!”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting fitness coaching praise, Easy A patterns, and online Health workload friction. Credibility rating: High.

🏋️ Fitness Coaching Praise

88/100

“He is AMAZING! By far the .”

🅰️ Easy A Pathway

82/100

“The class was super easy, Easy A. He cares for every single student and will guide you to an A.”

📚 Online Busywork Risk

40/100

“Lots of . He makes you purchase his book where he wrote more nonsense”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Coach Sims is an outstanding teacher!
  • He is AMAZING! By far the .
  • He may come off as harsh at first but he cares a lot.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • This class is a very easy A as long as you listen to him and ATTEND.
  • Class was extremely easy but make sure to do the
  • If you do the work and stay on top of keeping track of .

Theme 3

💻 About Online Health

  • Required textbook purchase, he wrote it and it is again total nonsense.
  • A ridiculous amount of work like absolutely ridiculous.
  • and multiple choice or True/False.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

133

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 detailed reviews spanning years with consistent Easy A and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 586
4 out of 527
3 out of 511
2 out of 53
1 out of 56

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

42 reported outcomes

A range

34

A+ 12 · A 22

B range

6

B+ 4 · B 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 2