AI Rate Professor

Journalism

Paul Stover

JOURN2 · JOURN21 · MASSCOMM · PHOTOJOUR · JOURNALISM · 15 lifetime ratings

AI rating
55/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
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Difficulty
1.9

The decision

, but if you dislike opinionated, confrontational, or personality-driven teaching.

Best fit · Easy A HunterEasy AOpinionated lecturesTake-home examsParticipation-sensitivePolarizing personality
  • Students strongly agree the class can be very easy, especially with and limited writing.
  • Teaching quality is highly polarizing, with praise for passion and criticism for textbook lectures, tangents, and condescension.
  • Grades may be easy for agreeable, participating students but risky for students who clash with him.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

EasyA

88/100

The class is widely described as easy with and few papers, though bias concerns keep it from being a guaranteed A.

All Easy A because there are no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Introductory

82/100

Students repeatedly describe the material and passing requirements as easy or already familiar.

All course .

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

55/100

Attendance and participation seem important because students say he is helpful in class and dislikes nonparticipation.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

Recommendations depend heavily on whether students like his passionate but opinionated and sometimes abrasive style.

All .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

60/100

The course can be easy, but one .

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Workload

Light

82/100

Students mention , and generally easy passing requirements.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews discuss workload.

Teaching experience

Average

52/100

He is praised as passionate and helpful by some students but criticized as boring, opinionated, condescending, and ineffective by others.

Format shift

Teaching .

Assessment method

Balanced

52/100

Assessment appears to include , and participation or lab engagement.

Format shift

Assessment .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

15 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

but polarizing class shaped by his opinions, mood, and expectations for participation.

Main concern

Students who disagree with him or dislike tangents may find the class frustrating.

What students said

“Anyone can get an A in the class unless you're a total stoner or moron.”
JOURN21
“He always lectured from the book, which gets very boring.”
MASSCOMM
“he is very opinionated and it shows he likes to blame his bad teaching on the students.”
JOURNALISM

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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The the assessment style very student-friendly.

Take-Home ExamsShort Opinion PapersLow Exam Pressure

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

88/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and two short opinion papers, with no clear evidence of strict proctoring.

Take-Home ExamsShort Opinion Papers
“The and there are only 2 short opinion papers to write.”
JOURN21

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“The and there are only 2 short opinion papers to write.”

Voice snapshots generated from 15 reviews, highlighting ease, teaching style, and personality fit. Credibility rating: High.

📈 Easy A Signal

88/100

“Easy A!!!”

🎯 Teaching Quality

52/100

“He lectures directly from the textbooks and doesn't know the material.”

⚖️

60/100

“He is an .”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • Anyone can get an A in the class unless you're a total stoner or moron.
  • If you cant pass Pauls class, then you maybe too much of a stoner to even go to cabrillo.
  • The and there are only 2 short opinion papers to write.

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He makes the class into a ongoing (hate to say it) but rant about how the media is corrupting and racially dividing this country.
  • He always lectured from the book, which gets very boring.
  • I learned waaaaaay more by myself from reading my textbook than from his class.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Personality Fit

  • As a professor he is condescending and opinionated.
  • he is not shy about getting up in your face and can sometimes be a pain.
  • If else you'll aggrivate the hell out of him.

Data context

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Analysis sample

15

Recent reviews read by the AI

15

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

The 15 reviews cover several years and give consistent detail about ease, personality, and teaching style despite polarized opinions.

Inside 15 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 55
3 out of 52
2 out of 51
1 out of 53

Course coverage

JOURN217 reviews
MASSCOMM3 reviews
JOURNALISM2 reviews
PHOTOJOUR2 reviews
JOURN21 review

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