Reviews of professor Ara Corbett

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Despite being a class meant to judge and critic your writing skills, it is a class which judges your opinions. If you do not agree with his opinion, have fun trying to pass. Next, if you miss a deadline for a paper, you get points taken off of your *FINAL GRADE*, not just the paper. Essentially, if you have a 90% in the class, the max is now a 87%.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Corbett really cares about his students and is very accessible outside of class, but his grading system is really frustrating. He grades based on vague criteria that are hard to grasp, and he grades mostly on content instead of writing. If you don't make the points he would make you won't get an A, no matter how well you wrote.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
absolute worst teacher i have EVER had. he pretends to be nice but really would rather give you bad grades on good essays because they arent EXACTLY what he wants. he will also penalize you for having original ideas(WHICH HE REQUESTS) and accuse you of plagiarizing work. I would rather eat nails than take his class again. worst experience EVER.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Class was ok, though some subjects were confusing and never explained properly. It wasn't very engaging but you can tell he's trying to make it fun for everyone. The poems he selected for us to read were very inspirational though. He's a tough grader and I get some of his feedback but some are also stylistic. Overall, it was an alright class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Only grades off of his own opinions. No matter how clear you are with a topic, he'll always ask you to change it yet again. Even if his definition of a word is wrong, he will put you through hell if you don't submit to him.