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Communication

John Armenta

COMM1 · COMM106 · COMM101 · COM101 · SPCH100 · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating
54/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
56.25%
Difficulty
2.7

The decision

if you will attend, practice speeches, and can handle a .

Best fit · Effort For RewardPolarizing PersonalityTough GraderExtra Credit AvailableFree TextbookShort Tempered
  • some call him fair and confidence-building, others call him short-tempered and inconsistent.
  • Speeches and participation drive the grade; plenty of and often a free textbook.
  • An A is reachable if you show up and finish work, but .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

66/100

Many students say show up, finish speeches, and use for a solid grade, but A.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Speech content is straightforward; stress comes more from public speaking nerves than hard concepts.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and skipping hurts your grade.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

; praise for fairness and free materials clashes with complaints about temper and grading.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

Some call grading fair with ; others report tough, inconsistent point docks on speeches.

Format shift

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Workload

Light

64/100

mainly speeches, some quizzes, and .

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Teaching experience

Average

52/100

Helpful and confidence-building for some students, but others find him unprepared as a speaker and hard to approach.

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

32/100

Grade centers on speeches, participation, quizzes, and rather than high-stakes written exams.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person speech classes feel relaxed for some and harsh for others; and speeches dominate grades.

Main concern

, and a short-tempered classroom tone.

What students said

“Super easy to get a good grade as long as you just do the work.”
SPCH100
“Gives passive aggressive responses all the time, short tempered, doesn't really help when it comes to answering questions”
SPCH100
“People could turn in the , yet the grades wouldn't be consistent.”
COMM1

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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Assessment is speech-heavy with quizzes and ; classic closed-book exam policy is not clearly described.

Speech PresentationsQuizzesExtra Credit

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and participation rather than a clearly described final exam format.

Speech PresentationsQuizzesExtra Credit
“Some quizzes and the speeches were basically the entire gradebook.”
SPCH100
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COMM106

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Just show up and try and you'll get an A. He also uses a free textbook which I appreciated.”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 in-person reviews, highlighting polarized teaching and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

52/100

“Giving speeches is nerve-wracking but Dr. and helps students feel confortable.”

⚖️

48/100

“He seems .”

👍 Recommendation Split

52/100

“ . He took a class who were mostly terrified of public speaking and made the atmosphere relaxed.”

😤 Classroom Tone

35/100

“was short-tempered, and did not encourage students to do better.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Lectures are entertaining and easy to follow.
  • He himself is not a very good speaker, he stutters a lot and says um.
  • Not good at public speaking despite teaching it

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Super easy to get a good grade as long as you just do the work.
  • as well, never received full credit for anything.
  • I could have gotten an A if I had actually tried.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Armenta was a really good guy and the class was pretty easy.
  • Gives passive aggressive responses all the time, short tempered
  • he not only understood, but helped me get back on track in class.

Data context

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Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

16

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Sixteen detailed in-person reviews from 2017-2024 show a consistent polarizing pattern with and personality detail.

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

SPCH10010 reviews
COMM1012 reviews
COMM1062 reviews
COM1011 review
COMM11 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

15 reported outcomes

A range

10

A 9 · A- 1

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 3

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1