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American Sign Language

Jeffrey Dichter

ASL1 · ASL001 · ASL123 · ASL2AND3 · ASL3 · ASLASL2 · ASL2 · ASL101 · ASLONE · ASD4 · DORK1111 · ASL303 · ASL4 · 23 lifetime ratings

AI rating
42/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

if you are serious about ASL and can handle strict grading; .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerStrict tough graderDeaf ASL immersionHigh standardsPolarizing methodsNo-talking policy
  • Serious ASL learners often gain strong signing skills under high immersion standards.
  • , and sometimes unfair.
  • Attendance and participation matter; talking in class is discouraged because he is Deaf.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Students repeatedly say high grades are rare, small mistakes cost heavily, and missing work is devastating.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

ASL content plus strict signing and culture expectations make the class hard for casual students.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

, and falling behind is hard to recover from.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

Recommended only for dedicated ASL learners; .

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

22/100

Dominant , and points lost for minor errors.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

Signing practice, culture study, quizzes, and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

48/100

, and effective; others call him unhelpful, strict, and demoralizing.

Format shift

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Mix of signing performance, culture tests, quizzes, and papers with heavy participation impact.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

23 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person ASL reviews split between students who thrived under immersion and those who found him mean, strict, and poorly graded.

Main concern

Harsh grading with little forgiveness and .

What students said

“Stay as far away from this professor, his grading method is not one found in sound reason and grades EXTREMELY hard.”
ASL2
“If you want to learn Signing... ”
ASL1
“Emailed him multiple times with questions which he NEVER responded back to.”
ASL101

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Signing tests can be manageable, but culture portions and .

Signing testsCulture exam contentStrict scoringParticipation heavy

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person assessments combine signing performance with culture material graded very strictly.

Signing tests relatively easierCulture section hardStrict point deductions
“ but the culture part is hell, if you don't study.”
ASL123
“ and my grade suffered by 30% all year. Wouldn't except as late.”
ASL101

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Many students complained about his teaching methods, but I went into ASL 1 knowing no signs, and came out of ASL 3 able to hold conversations with Deaf people.”

Voice snapshots generated from 23 in-person ASL reviews, contrasting skill gains with . Credibility rating: Medium.

⚠️

22/100

“he grades EXTREMELY hard and ”

🤟 Immersion Payoff

70/100

“WoW hard class awesome teacher I must have learned over 1000 signs and had a great time.”

🚫 Polarizing Experience

42/100

“This guy is extremely hard. . He is strict. Mean. and just an awful teacher.”

Theme 1

⚖️

  • grades EXTREMELY hard. so .
  • He is not forgiving and makes you feel as if you are not worthy
  • extremely hard to get a good grade in his class.

Theme 2

🤟 About Learning ASL

  • i still remembered sign language. .
  • Good if you are serious about ASL.
  • He makes learning so easy and .

Theme 3

👤 About Classroom Culture

  • he's deaf if u dont understand ask or .
  • he will not allow you to talk in class to give to the exprience of a deaf person
  • he singles people out in the class, i dreded going to his class.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

23

Recent reviews read by the AI

23

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

23 mostly older in-person reviews with polarized opinions and sparse grade data limit certainty.

Inside 23 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 57
4 out of 54
3 out of 54
2 out of 53
1 out of 55

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

0

No reported values

C range

1

C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1