AI Rate Professor

Fine Arts

Patricio Chavez

PHOTO100 · ART204 · PHOTOBEG · PHOTOGRAPHY · BEGINNINGPHOTO · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
42/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
Take again
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Difficulty
2.7

The decision

if you already know basic photography and can .

Best fit · Self Taught ProExperienced PhotographerHard to PleaseMandatory LabsMixed ReviewsTake-Home Tests
  • Strong field experience but many students say he is a weak classroom teacher.
  • Attendance and long labs matter; missing class hurts grades.
  • One short rave and several complaints about unclear instruction create a mixed picture.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

One A+ and fair-if-you-try comments compete with .

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

62/100

Some call the course easy and fun, but others say material dumps and missing shooting basics raise the real challenge.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

He marks down for missed class or leaving early and gets upset when students are absent.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

A few praise his kindness or ease, but several warn beginners to pick another instructor.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

52/100

Fair if you try for some students, but others say he is very difficult to please and never fully satisfied.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

48/100

and dense reading assignments create a moderate-to-heavy load.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

40/100

Experienced professional with mixed classroom skill; some find him wise, others learn little from him.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

Assignments, labs, and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person photo and art classes range from easygoing take-home tests to tough, hard-to-please critiques with .

Main concern

Little instructional support for beginners and .

What students said

“ . Didn't learn really anything in the class other than processing (which the ).”
PHOTO100
“easy going teacher. and easy.”
PHOTOBEG
“Amazingly well accredited & experienced in the field of photography but horrible teacher.”
PHOTOGRAPHY

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and easy; broader proctoring details are not proven.

Take-Home TestsEasy Tests

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

78/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Tests described as take-home and easy in beginning photo; .

Take-Home TestsEasy Tests
“ and easy.”
PHOTOBEG

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Amazingly well accredited & experienced in the field of photography but horrible teacher.”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 in-person reviews, highlighting expertise versus teaching gaps. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎓 Field Expertise vs Teaching

40/100

“Amazingly well accredited & experienced in the field of photography but horrible teacher.”

📝

78/100

“ and easy.”

⏱️

25/100

“he does mark down if you miss class or leave early.”

😕 Beginner Fit

35/100

“Unless you've alrady taken an introductory course to B&W photography pick a different instructor.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Very nice and wise man
  • horrible teacher

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • he's very difficult to please
  • as long as you try, he will be fair with the assignments
  • and easy

Theme 3

⏱️

  • he does mark down if you miss class or leave early
  • Long mand.
  • if you miss a day he gets rather upset

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

48/100

Evidence confidence

Six old in-person reviews from 2005-2013 show mixed opinions with limited grade data and short comments.

Inside 6 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 52
2 out of 53
1 out of 50

Course coverage

PHOTO1002 reviews
ART2041 review
BEGINNINGPHOTO1 review
PHOTOBEG1 review
PHOTOGRAPHY1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

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A+ 1

B range

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C range

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D range

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F

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No letter grade reported

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