AI Rate Professor

English

Michael Duffy

ENGLISH101 · ENGM01 · ENGL21 · ENG28 · ENG028 · ENGL103 · ENGL102 · ENGLISH103 · ENGLI103 · ENGLISH102 · ENGLI28 · ENG101 · ENGL101 · ENGLI33 · ENG33 · ENG103 · ENGL3215 · 39 lifetime ratings

AI rating
44/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.2

The decision

Only take him if and and strong personal opinions.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPolarizing lecturerOpinion-heavy discussionsHard grader riskEssay and homework heavyPolitics and war tangents
  • Reviews split hard between fun easy English sections and .
  • Many students say class becomes opinion debates, war talk, or Orwell focus over writing skill.
  • Workload is writing-heavy with mixed reports on how fair grades actually are.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

Some call it an easy A, but many say he is a As.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Difficulty sits mid-range with lots of reading and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

55/100

Some say you need not always show up, while others warn missing class means missing graded work.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

43/100

Roughly half praise him as clear and helpful while .

Recommendation .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

34/100

and rare grade changes after rewrites.

Format shift

In-person only.

Workload

Heavy

38/100

, and a research paper show up across many reviews.

Format shift

In-person only.

Teaching experience

Average

50/100

Teaching quality is and boring opinion monologues.

Format shift

In-person only.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

32/100

, and a research paper more than timed exams.

Format shift

In-person only.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

39 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and fun to boring, opinionated, and grade-punishing.

Main concern

Unclear expectations and .

What students said

“Easiest A ever. I passed with eyes clossed.”
ENG101
“DO NOT! DO NOT! . Awful teacher, you afford will not be appreciate.”
ENG101
“Extremely opinionated. Wastes time -- teaches almost nothing about English.”
ENG103

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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Students mainly describe essays and an .

In-class essay finalMultiple essaysResearch paper

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Common pattern is regular essays plus an .

In-class essay finalMultiple essaysResearch paper
“three essays and a research paper. in .”
ENG101
“He assigns HW every lecture.”
ENG101

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“I DO NOT recommend him. never changes your grade to a better one.”

Voice snapshots generated from 39 in-person reviews, highlighting polarized teaching and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

50/100

“This is less of an English class and more of a debate class, in a bad way.”

⚖️

34/100

“He sets students' grades and never changed that.”

👍 Recommendation Split

43/100

“ .”

📝 Workload Reality

38/100

“There is a lot of hw to do, but it is college people.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • All he talks about is war!
  • Extremely opinionated
  • He mainly just talks and gives his opinions!
  • He is quite funny, and the class is so good it flies by.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Easiest A ever. I passed with eyes clossed.
  • Mr. Duffy is a .
  • he never changes your grade to a better one
  • You must not miss class because you will .

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • he is a pretty nice professor
  • I really hate this man.
  • very cool teacher
  • !!!!!!!!!!!

Data context

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Analysis sample

39

Recent reviews read by the AI

39

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-nine detailed in-person reviews over many years show consistent themes despite polarized ratings.

Inside 39 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 511
4 out of 57
3 out of 55
2 out of 510
1 out of 56

Course coverage

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ENGLI1034 reviews
ENGL1033 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

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B range

0

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C range

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D range

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F

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No letter grade reported

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