Reviews of professor John Castillo

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Castillo's classes might proceed a little slow but you'll be fine as long as you read the articles and participate in class. If you participate and answer questions in-class, you basically boost your grade. Writings are not overwhelming but you shouldn't leave them for the last day. He is really flexible with the rules and requirements.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Castillo is passionate about exploring topics from a wide range of philosophers and pulls great depth from all of them. He typically uses the textbook as a jumping off point to encourage discussion and debate amongst him and the students. His class encouraged me to study philosophy outside of school and apply what I learned to my life.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Castillo is a great person, talks a little slow but if you really interested in philosophy you can learn a lot because he provides good material if not you can get an easily A

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Super nice guy. A bit monotonous in his lectures and spends the majority of the class time just speaking on a single quote from various philosophers. Easy A, only gives about 4 essays in the semester and grades attendance. THATS IT. NO MORE GRADES.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Prof. Castillo is amazing, he provides good insight on what's going on in the text book. Simple to understand, takes late work with good reason as to why you weren't able to complete it on time. I would 12/10 take him again!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Slow talker (non-native speaker). Difficult to sit thru for a 3 hour night class. The class is 4 papers and 5% based on "mandatory" attendance. The papers are easy and have nothing to do with lecture. It's just the questions from the book. Don't take this class if you actually want to learn philosophy. He talks a lot, but just goes in circles.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Best teacher ever highly recommend. Most handsome ta ever.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He is very passionated and enthusiastic. He provides you good material and if you actually want to learn philosophy you can do it. Easy essays and an easy A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Prof. Castillo was one of my favorite teachers. He taught a more "old school" version of philosophy. As a person that struggles with paper formatting, I loved that he was very relaxed in that area. Although there was some reading and essays, it was fun and enjoyable. My grade in his class was a perfect 100% and I just can't recommend him enough.