Richard Cartwright

ENGLISH101A · 101C · ENG101A · 101A · 20 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 28/100
RMP rating: 2.2/5
Take again: 31.58%
Difficulty: 3.7

The decision

Avoid unless you can devote many hours weekly to annotations and quote-hunting; most students say pick someone else for 101A or 101C.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerQuote-Obsessed GradingAnnotation OverloadHeavy ReadingRewrite LifelineAvoid for Full-Timers

than overall argument or content.
Workload centers on huge books, double annotations, and constant writing or busywork.
Rewrites and office hours can salvage an A for students who invest massive time.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

An A is possible via rewrites and office hours, but only after heavy annotation labor and .

Online and ; both also say content is secondary to quote choice.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Massive reading, double annotations, and quote mining make the intellectual and time .

Online true-crime tomes amplify reading load; .

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

72/100

Most recent comments , though older sections still required showing up for some activities.

Online is largely asynchronous work-heavy; in-person mixed but .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

and comments repeatedly say do not take him, with only a minority praising rewrites and care.

One strong positive online rewrite story sits against a .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Many say weak quote choice fails an essay regardless of argument; a minority finds him fair if effort shows.

Format shift

; online also complains feedback arrives after the next essay is due.

Workload

Overwhelming

18/100

Students report 8-plus weekly tasks, 100-200 page annotation blocks, and .

Format shift

Online summer load is especially brutal; in-person still stacks annotations and essays weekly.

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Scattered praise for rewrites and office help is outweighed by claims of , and little skill teaching.

Format shift

In-person recent reviews are harshest; online is mixed but still heavy on frustration.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

25/100

, and rewrites more than classic timed exams.

Format shift

Both formats center papers and annotations; older in-person also mentions presentations.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and ; older reviews sometimes call him chill or lazy with easy group projects, but recent tone is strongly negative.

Main concern

, and 8-plus weekly assignments make the course stressful.

What students said

“Please do not take this professor for English 101 a or c ... it would be stressful finding so many quotes”
101A

“He is an easy A but you need to put in the work. ... Essays worth about 60% and allows rewrites with no penalty.”
ENG101A

“He is an . DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!!”
ENG101A

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online 101C and 101A still demand huge true-crime or and quote-heavy essays; a few call it doable with rewrites, many call summer or full-time work incompatible.

Main concern

900-page books, double page annotations, and .

What students said

“makes you read a 900 page long book and annotate every page twice to prove you read.”
101C

“as long as you don't fall behind it's not hard. ... He also gives you ”
101C

“if you work full time I would absolutely not recommend taking this class, the amount of busy work is insane.”
ENG101A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment is mainly essays and ; friendliness is low due to harsh quote standards, not camera software.

Essay-heavy assessmentRewrite allowedAnnotation proofsQuote selection criticalLimited midterms mentioned

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and sometimes presentations; older notes of midterms exist but essay strictness dominates recent risk.

Multiple essaysAnnotation homeworkGroup presentations in some termsStrict deadlines

“Essays worth about 60% and allows rewrites with no penalty.”
ENG101A

“The , and quotes are so important to him that he doesn't care about the main content of your essay”
101A

Online

, and annotation of long books; reviews do not clearly prove webcam proctoring.

Long-book annotationsEssay rewritesQuote-focused grading

“Quizzes and discussions are very easy.vHe also gives you .”
101C

“Harsh professor. He is very strict with citation selection and .”
ENG101A

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“if you work full time I would absolutely not recommend taking this class, the amount of busy work is insane.”
Voice snapshots generated from 21 reviews (7 online, 14 in and workload pain. Credibility rating: Medium.

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28/100

“ if he considers the quote choice weak, it's not a passing essay.”

📚 Annotation Overload

18/100

“annotate every page twice to prove you read. requires quotes from the book which is virtually impossible to find considering how long the book is.”

🔁 Rewrite Path to A

55/100

“He is an easy A but you need to put in the work. ... allows rewrites with no penalty.”

🚫 Overall Recommendation

30/100

“Please do not take this professor for English 101 a or c ... Take Taguchi for 101 a or c.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

he's very lazy, called in sick multiple times
Professor Cartwright is a good professor at heart but
he is the most irrational, idiotic professor i've ever taken.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

If you want an A be ready to put in more work than all your other classes combined.
I ended up getting an A in his class, but ... .
if lower than 80%

Theme 3

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the book he makes us read is actually one of the most unpleasant books ive ever read.
800-page book on Charles Manson, 2 annotations per page, 1600 annotations
This professor gives about 8 or .

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-one reviews with consistent workload and quote-grading themes support medium-high confidence, limited by sample size and some older easier-tone outliers.

Inside 21 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51

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3 out of 53

2 out of 55

1 out of 59

Course coverage

101C7 reviews

ENG101A7 reviews

101A5 reviews

ENGLISH101A2 reviews

Reported outcomes

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19 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 1 · A 10

B range

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C 1 · C- 1

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F

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Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 3

Richard Cartwright

Avoid unless you can devote many hours weekly to annotations and quote-hunting; most students say pick someone else for 101A or 101C.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Optional

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

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📚 Annotation Overload

🔁 Rewrite Path to A

🚫 Overall Recommendation

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

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Quality ratings

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