Reviews of professor Ryan Siemers

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
ttendance was mandatory, he would lower your grade by a degree if you missed more than 4. He also made us memorize words, which I didn't like. I will never use the word kairos again. He also hadn't graded my first paper by the time the second one was due, which was annoying. All in all, not a bad class, but I won't take him again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
it was a fast paced class but he was able to help accommodate everyones needs.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
We only had two big papers the entire semester which was nice, and he prepared you well for them. He is a tough grader, but has you do peer reviews before the final draft is due to kinda see where you're at. Make sure you're up to date on the news because he does frequent pop quizzes on it, which has nothing to do with english.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took his online english 1010 class. He was very clear on what he wanted. He also has you do a lot of writing.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Siemers was engaging, but slow to grade papers. He also seemed to veer wildly off-topic sometimes. I remember him going on tangents about Star Trek and Beyoncé. He clearly knew a lot about British Lit but it almost seemed like he was trying so hard to be relatable that he didn't relay the information as effectively as he could have.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Siemers is very clear on what he expects and his lectures/lessons are very interesting and conversation heavy. Show up to class, participate, and do the readings, and he will be more than willing to help you if you have questions or concerns.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I have enjoyed English classes since middle school but he bored me to death and made me hate English classes. I honestly feel like I didn't learn anything in his class. Attendance is mandatory and you can only miss I think 4 times without a drop in your grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ryan Siemers is a good guy. He is a very down to earth professor and I felt like he is a well-learned man. Each assignment he gave me pertained to the lessons and helped me further my education. The lectures were participation based so it was more like he was having a conversation with us. Beware of attendance, you can only miss three classes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
While Dr. Siemers is very knowledgeable he uses this to make his students feel stupid. His courses have very little structure and was impossible to know what Dr. Siemers expected on anything. If he did not like your approach on the literature he will dock you points. He offers little feedback and also takes a ridiculous amount of time to grade.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
There are two papers that make up pretty much all of your grade, which is annoying because I worked hard on everything in this class but my grade dropped because of the essays. And his grading felt really weird. He was a big advocate for too much paragraph spacing and if he didn't like the way you wrote something, he would mark you for it.