Reviews of professor Richard Treat

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Pretty laid back, funny guy. WRTR 1313 has more focus on critical thinking, but that's the same for all the 1313s. His class focuses on media and the environment, which I found interesting. Definitely helped my writing to be less paint-by-numbers.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Mr. Treat is an excellent Professor. I took with him Listening and Speaking level 3 course, but he is teaching reading too. So, I will take him again next semester. He is kind, understandable, and his teaching style is so nice. I would recommend him to any student taking ESOL classes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ricky is great our whole class loved him. Make sure you write good papers because it is not an easy class, but he is really fun and lets you take the papers any direction you want.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great class. As long as you work on your papers, it's not hard to get an A or A-. Most of the people in my class also did well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
One of the worst professors I've ever had. All he does is read off paragraphs and notes and expects you to understand what's going on with little to no explanation. The grading is over the most minute details and don't pertain to the big picture. When you visit him in office hours, he is of no help.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Professor Treat is by far the best ESL professor at SMU. He cares deeply about his students and wants them to succeed. The lowest grade for the class ended up being A. You have to do four essays that can be written in an hour. You should participate in order to get on his good side. Take this professor!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Although Prof.Ricky is funny, he is too strict about giving good grades. The feedback he gave is only useful for improving grammar mistakes not how to rewrite the sentence better. The essays are too hard to get A, and it is a big chunk of the grade. Even though I revise all the essays, I still cannot get an A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Ricky is overall a good professor. His guidelines are clear, though, some of his gradings don't make sense. He is accessible outside of class and his conferences help a lot. He does favor students though, so I suggest you get on his good side.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Best writing teacher I've had.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Excellent. Considered myself a good writer before taking this class but can say I improved a lot. Others I know had the same experience. Accommodating if you have a personal issue and contact him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
We wrote four papers in WRTR 1312. No quizzes or tests. Ricky was great. Very helpful in giving comments to fix the drafts. Just go to the conferences and pay attention to his suggestions. Taking his class for 1313 as well.