AI Rate Professor

English

Douglas Sherman

ENGLI100 · ENGLIK7 · ENGL23 · ENGLISH110 · ENG848 · ENGL100 · ENGL165 · ENG101 · ENGLISH · ENG · ENG100 · ENG165 · 27 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.1/5
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Difficulty
3.3

The decision

Avoid unless no other English sections are open; lectures frustrate most students even when grades are salvageable.

Best fit · Self Taught ProExtremely BoringSociology Not EnglishAngry TemperCritical GraderRewrite Friendly
  • Most students call lectures monotone, boring, and sociology-heavy rather than writing-focused.
  • Many report poor teaching help, anger, and , though a .
  • Rewrites and lenient due dates can soften grades for students who tolerate the lectures.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

72/100

Many note easy quizzes, rewrites, and lenient due dates, though .

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Content is often called easy or repetitive sociology-focused busy work rather than rigorous English.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most students and unhelpful teaching.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

Rewrites and soft due dates help, but several call him critical, picky, and mood-based.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Workload

Moderate

52/100

Essays, quizzes, and busy work are common; not usually overwhelming but often tedious.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Poor

24/100

Dominant themes are monotone lectures, mumbling, anger, and little writing instruction.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

32/100

, and quizzes more than high-stakes exams.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

27 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person English sections are widely criticized as boring sociology rants with weak writing instruction, offset only by rewrites and some detailed essay comments.

Main concern

Monotone lectures, quick temper, and regret.

What students said

“EXTREMELY BORING lectures! Yes, you mainly deal with Sociology topics”
ENG100
“Will not help u at all. Very boring to listen to makes u want to leave.”
ENGL100
“ . Lenient due dates.”
ENG100

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

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Exam style

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Quizzes are often easy and ; overall assessment is paper-heavy rather than strict proctored finals.

Easy QuizzesEssay HeavyHomework-Linked Quizzes

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews describe easy quizzes drawn from homework or class content plus .

Easy QuizzesEssay RewritesHomework-Linked Quizzes
“all the answers to the quizes are in the !!!”
ENG100
“ you talked about in class.”
ENGL100

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

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Voice snapshots generated from 27 in-person reviews with high consistency on boredom and weak teaching. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

24/100

“Helpless and does not teach you anything about writing.”

😴 Boring Lectures

20/100

“EXTREMELY BORING lectures! Yes, you mainly deal with Sociology topics”

🅰️ Grade Softeners

72/100

“ . Lenient due dates.”

🚫 Recommendation

22/100

“Boring terrible teacher. ”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • mumbles alot, very hard to hear
  • He is monotone, easily mad
  • He drones on a bit sometimes and mumbles some

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • if all you want is an easy B (heck even easy A)
  • very critical in the way he grades
  • He lets you rewrite 'every' you turn in.

Theme 3

📚 About Course Content

  • all he talks about is stereotype
  • Despite its title, this class is about social psychology rather than English.
  • I did not learn any English related material

Data context

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Analysis sample

27

Recent reviews read by the AI

27

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-seven in-person reviews from 2005-2012 show strong consistency on boring lectures and weak teaching, with only rare praise.

Inside 27 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 53
3 out of 54
2 out of 511
1 out of 58

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