AI Rate Professor

English

Mark Barrera

ENGLISH101 · ENG104 · BSKL6 · ENG50 · ENG101 · ENGL101 · ENGL45 · ENGL104 · 35 lifetime ratings

AI rating
29/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
32%
Difficulty
3.6

The decision

Avoid unless you must take English and .

Best fit · Effort For RewardTough GraderHeavy Paper LoadUnorganizedUnclear ExpectationsRude Feedback
  • Heavy weekly essay and
  • Many students report , and rude or passive-aggressive tone
  • a minority find him fair and helpful if you follow the

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

As are possible if , but many report , and heavy rework for mid grades.

Online reviews stress automatic fail for missing requirements; in-person reviews also call him a .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

36/100

Content is standard intro English, but volume of , and .

Both formats emphasize heavy writing; online adds frequent due dates every few days.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and skip-class warnings.

Online sometimes lists optional Zoom, but and .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

; the dominant message is choose someone else due to rudeness, workload, and grading.

A few positive online and in-person outliers exist, but .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Tough grader tags dominate; regrade help.

Format shift

Online automatic-fail rubric stories are harshest; if rubrics are followed.

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Lots of , and reading make the load heavy for a 101-level class.

Format shift

Online often has assignments every 2-3 days; .

Teaching experience

Poor

38/100

Many call lectures boring or ; a minority praise structure and helpfulness.

Format shift

Online complaints center on organization and Zoom silence; and rude.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Grades hinge on frequent essays and some quizzes and tests.

Format shift

Both formats paper-heavy; and pop quizzes.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

24 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person classes emphasize lectures and many essays; some call him chill with , and harsh grading with little teaching.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“Overall, he was pretty chill for the most part. The material was not hard to do, but .”
ENG101
“Mr.Barrera is one of the and not comprehending teachers I have ever taken.”
ENG101
“He does NOT teach & expects you to learn on your own with the .”
ENG104

Remote format

Online

11 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections feel time-consuming with and papers, and mixed clarity; several report unorganized Canvas flow and .

Main concern

and weak communication on due dates.

What students said

“very unorganized, constant due date changes, lack of communication, has zoom meetings but all he does is talk badly about students very rude”
ENGL101
“As long as you do the work . And he does offer .”
ENG101
“ If one of his requirements is not met Automatic Fail without Reading the content.”
ENGL101

Exam style

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Assessment is mostly essay and paper driven with occasional quizzes and tests; reviews .

Frequent essaysQuizzesPop quizzesRubric-based papers

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and some tests or pop quizzes; closed-book proctoring is not clearly proven.

EssaysPop quizzesTestsLecture heavy
“BEWARE OF POP QUIZZES”
ENGL45
“Only 3 papers the semester and a .”
ENG101

Online

Online work centers on frequent papers, discussion boards, and quizzes; .

Weekly papersDiscussion boardsQuizzes
“I completed ALL of my assignments and was involved in the lectures as well as comments section and still received a low grade. I did not always do well on the quizzes”
ENG101
“There's a lot of work. In one week you .”
ENG101

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you have the option I would go with someone else.”

Voice snapshots generated from 35 reviews across online and , and tone. Credibility rating: High.

📝 Paper Overload

24/100

“Lots of discussion boards and there is a . Quite a lot of work.”

⚖️

28/100

“ If one of his requirements is not met Automatic Fail without Reading the content.”

👎 Low Recommendation

30/100

“ . This is supposed to be an introduction to Engl but he treats his class like I'm an advanced student.”

😕

38/100

“He is not clear in his work, He does have favorites in his class. He also puts people on blast about their work in front of the class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • very unorganized, constant due date changes, lack of communication
  • He does NOT teach & expects you to learn on your own
  • Overall, he was pretty chill for the most part

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Get ready to fail unless your a perfectionist
  • he graded pretty easy
  • I could spend days and days on a paper and still either barley get a C or get a D

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • very rude, very strick'd, and just overall an extremely boring class
  • He's a very hard person

Data context

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Analysis sample

35

Recent reviews read by the AI

35

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

35 reviews spanning many years with rich detail and consistent themes of heavy papers and .

Inside 35 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 57
4 out of 55
3 out of 55
2 out of 57
1 out of 511

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

29 reported outcomes

A range

11

A+ 2 · A 9

B range

7

B+ 1 · B 6

C range

1

C 1

D range

2

D+ 1 · D 1

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

7

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 1