AI Rate Professor

American Sign Language

Vance Deatherage

ASL001 · A10581 · ASL004 · 3 lifetime ratings

AI rating
32/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
33.33%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

Risky pick with very few reviews; only consider if you thrive in full-immersion ASL and can self-structure around a .

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnprepared LecturesOpinionated on Deaf CultureFull Immersion ASLPolarizing PresenceLate but Strict
  • two slam preparation and fairness, one credits him with transforming ASL understanding.
  • Negative reviews , and harsh double standards on tardiness.
  • Positive review highlights deep structural breakdown of ASL that other teachers skipped.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

Reported A+ grades appear, but full immersion and weak scaffolding mean effort and self-direction still matter.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

Full ASL immersion with little help leaves beginners lost even when grades can land high.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

as required and late students are criticized while the instructor is also late.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

Two of ; praise is real but outweighed by preparation and fairness complaints.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

50/100

Limited grade detail; tags mention graded by few things and participation, with A+ outcomes for some.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

48/100

Lecture-heavy immersion and participation matter more than piles of .

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Teaching experience

Poor

32/100

One strong praise for language teaching is outweighed by repeated unprepared, scatterbrained, and unhelpful reports.

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Assessment method

Balanced

45/100

Reviews emphasize lectures, participation, and immersion more than a .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

3 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person ASL experiences range from life-changing language breakdown to unprepared, late, judgmental classes with heavy immersion and little scaffolding.

Main concern

Disorganization, late arrivals, and forming opinions of students early.

What students said

“This professor does not come to class prepared. He often shoots from the hip and is very opinionated about Deaf culture.”
ASL004
“This Teacher changed the way I understood the language.”
A10581
“shows up to class late, but gets mad if you, the student, shows up late.”
ASL001

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 do not clearly prove a consistent exam format beyond lecture-heavy, participation-driven ASL classes.

Lecture HeavyParticipation FocusedLimited Exam Detail

Assessment risk

Varies

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person comments focus on immersion and lectures; they .

Lecture HeavyParticipation Focused
“FULL emersion into asl, I was completely lost, he was of no help.”
ASL001
“He often shoots from the hip and is very opinionated about Deaf culture.”
ASL004

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“This Teacher changed the way I understood the language. He really broke down the structure and showed how the language works.”

Voice snapshots generated from 3 in-person reviews with conflicting praise and criticism. Credibility rating: Low.

🎯 Teaching Quality

32/100

“This professor does not come to class prepared.”

👍 Recommendation Split

30/100

“I am so grateful for his class.”

⚠️ Classroom Climate

25/100

“forms an opinion about the student and judges everyone else off of that student.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He really broke down the structure and showed how the language works.
  • scatter brained never a .
  • He often shoots from the hip

Theme 2

⏱️ About Preparation and Fairness

  • shows up to class late, but gets mad if you, the student, shows up late.
  • unprepared for the first day- didn't have a .
  • Disorganized.

Data context

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Analysis sample

3

Recent reviews read by the AI

3

Lifetime ratings

28/100

Evidence confidence

Only three reviews with conflicting extremes and sparse assessment detail make confidence in any single pattern low.

Inside 3 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 52

Course coverage

A105811 review
ASL0011 review
ASL0041 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 2

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

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D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

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