Is this an easy A?
FairEffort
62/100Passing can be manageable because of curves and , but and learning independently.
All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .
The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
Passing can be manageable because of curves and extra credit, but doing well requires reading before quizzes and learning independently.
All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with no online reviews available.
Is the course easy?
Students often call the class easy or not hard, but the teaching style makes the content harder than it should be.
Course easiness evidence comes only from in-person reviews.
Is attendance flexible?
Attendance is not clearly mandatory, but several comments say attending, reading, and keeping up are important.
In-person comments recommend attendance for success, and there are no online reviews.
Is this professor recommended?
Recommendations are split because he is nice and grades with curves, but many students criticize his teaching and organization.
Recommendation evidence comes only from in-person reviews.
Course guide
Grading
Lenient
72/100
Multiple reviews mention curves and extra credit, which soften otherwise difficult quizzes and exams.
Format shift
Only in-person reviews discuss grading leniency.
Workload
Moderate
55/100
The workload includes reading, chapter quizzes, assignments, tests, and a group or class presentation, but students do not describe it as overwhelming.
Format shift
Workload evidence comes entirely from in-person reviews.
Teaching experience
Poor
38/100
Many students say lectures are unclear, disorganized, repetitive, incomplete, or require self-teaching from the book.
Format shift
All teaching evidence comes from in-person reviews.
Assessment method
Balanced
58/100
Comments mention frequent quizzes, tests, assignments, extra credit, and presentations, so assessment is mixed rather than exam-only.
Format shift
Assessment evidence is only from in-person reviews.
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Course format
Classroom format
High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro
In-person reviews show a mixed but mostly critical pattern: he is personable and curves grades, yet students often report unclear teaching and self-study.
Main concern
Students repeatedly say they must teach themselves because lectures are unclear or incomplete.
What students said
“you basically have to teach yourself by reading the book to do good on the tests.”
“He does not know how to teach.”
“Only good thing is he grades on a curve.”
Remote format
Low confidence
No stored summary is available for this format.
Main concern
No main concern is stored for this format.
Exam style
Reviews mention quizzes and tests based on textbook chapters, with curves helping scores, but do not clearly prove open-book status, proctoring, or closed-book rules.
Assessment risk
Standard
48/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
In-person reviews describe chapter quizzes and tests, sometimes difficult and sometimes curved, but exam policy is not clearly proven.
“Picks obscure questions from the book for the weekly quizes.”
“Curved the class because the class average on tests was 60%.”
“Tests are really hard mostly because he never lectures.”
Student evidence
Top student voice
“I would not recommend. Never finishes a power point lecture, cancels class frequently, and you basically have to teach yourself by reading the book to do good on the tests.”
“He does not know how to teach.”
“Only good thing is he grades on a curve.”
“His class is EASY if you put some effort into it.”
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Data context
Analysis sample
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Recent reviews read by the AI
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Lifetime ratings
82/100
Evidence confidence
There are 13 reviews across several terms with recurring themes about disorganization, curves, quizzes, and self-study.
Inside 13 stored ratings
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