AI Rate Professor

English

Frederick J. Young

ENGLISH11 · ENGL85 · ENG85 · ENG13 · COS126 · ENGL6185 · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
2.6

The decision

Avoid unless you only need a and do not care about structured teaching.

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnreliable attendanceLearn littleDiscussion-onlyBoring lecturesInconsistent quality
  • Older English reviews often say students learned almost nothing and books went unused.
  • Multiple accounts claim he left class early, abandoned the .
  • A few recent or sparse comments call him nice or helpful, but the .

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

EasyA

78/100

Several say the class is extremely easy and people pass without learning, though grades are sparsely reported.

All evidence is in person from older English and related courses.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

70/100

Content is framed as talk-heavy or smurf-level rather than rigorous analysis for most reviewers.

In-person only; difficulty ratings average modest despite very negative quality.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

One recent review marks attendance mandatory and older comments say .

Only in-person data; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

Would-take-again is sparse; most detailed .

Recent ENGLISH11 is positive; bulk of 2012-2014 English reviews are strongly negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

72/100

Easy pass culture and graded-by-few-things tags suggest low grade pressure when you show up and talk.

Format shift

In-person only; few explicit grade outcomes beyond a couple As.

Workload

Light

75/100

Mainly reading one book and long discussions; expensive texts often unused.

Format shift

In-person comments repeatedly .

Teaching experience

Poor

32/100

Dominant story is unused books, leaving class, boring politics talk, and almost no learning.

Format shift

; one recent review and two short positives break the pattern.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

Participation and book discussion dominate; few structured exams are described.

Format shift

In-person only; assessment details are thin and discussion-centered.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Mostly harsh in-person English experiences of wasted time, unused books, and unreliability, with a few short positive outliers.

Main concern

Instructor may leave early, abandon the course near finals, or .

What students said

“Useless teacher, obviously did not want to be there.”
ENGLISH11
“He dropped our class one week left of semester !”
ENGL85
“Great professor. He had helped everyone in the class, even though there was a well established language barrier.”
ENGLISH11

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 barely describe formal exams and mostly talk about discussion-only classes.

Discussion-focusedFew graded itemsBooks often unused

Assessment risk

Varies

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and focus on discussion and participation instead.

Class discussionParticipationMinimal structured testing reported
“He makes you read book and spend2 hr to discuss it..thats all youll ever do in his class.”
ENGL85
“ and participating in the class is easy, even if you're shy and quiet.”
ENGLISH11

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Did not follow the SLOs, nor the class description. Learned absolutely nothing and did not use the most expensive book.”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 in-person reviews, weighting detailed historical criticism against sparse positives. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 Teaching Reliability

25/100

“He dropped our class one week left of semester ! Left class a lot and ”

📚 Learning Outcome

20/100

“Learned absolutely nothing and did not use the most expensive book.”

😴 Class Atmosphere

30/100

“So boring people fall asleep.”

✨ Recent Positive Outlier

70/100

“Great professor. He had helped everyone in the class, even though there was a well established language barrier.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Useless teacher, obviously did not want to be there
  • Did whatever he wanted, even left class for extended periods of time
  • and participating in the class is easy

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Learning

  • Extremely easy class if you know how to talk
  • learned almost nothing
  • pass his class w/o learning anything but politic

Theme 3

⚠️ About Reliability

  • He dropped our class one week left of semester
  • Smurf class up until he left a
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

9

Lifetime ratings

52/100

Evidence confidence

; strong negative cluster but one much newer positive review reduces certainty.

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 54
1 out of 52

Course coverage

ENGLISH113 reviews
ENGL852 reviews
COS1261 review
ENG131 review
ENG851 review
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values