Reviews of professor John Steinmetz

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
John, better known as Jay, is an absolute blast. The insight gained into current politics was an added bonus of the course. Jay is extremely light-hearted with particularly witty history-oriented banter. I loved every second of conversation with him and cannot recommend him or his teaching style enough. The guy really knows his stuff.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor provided all the materials needed no text book was required

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Jay constantly made Current Political Issues interesting. We often got off topic with class discussions because he's great at reading the class to make sure we are engaged. If we didn't care about a topic he'd adjust the lecture to keep people engaged. Jay truly cares about creating an environment to make learning fun and easy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Jay is a great professor enthusiastic about teaching. He doesnt take attendance but If you want to get a good grade, do the online readings and attend the class discussions.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Jay has been the only professor I've had that makes me excited to go to class. Lectures are interesting and personal opinions are often discussed so that the learned material can be applied to everyday life. Outside of class, Jay has provided guidance and additional academic opportunities. Not many graded items, being engaged makes the difference.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I feel the class is too disorganized and I might not do well on it. Lecture can be hard to follow

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The only assignments are papers. While they are each only 3 pages long the topics are boring and difficult to write about. This class is more like a political theory class rather than current political issues. We didn't really talk about many current political issues. However, he is a pretty chill dude and pretty easy to work with.