Reviews of professor John Thrasher IV

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Although this class is meant to be an ECON/PHIL class, it feels as if it's an English literature class. There is a bi-weekly discussion required and you must participate 3 times in a Socratic seminar-style class to get a 100 for that day. The discussions are graded extremely hard. The class material is repetitive, which makes the class unexciting.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Thrasher's a nice guy. The class is discussion-based. If you choose to do the reading, it will help you in discussion and on essays, but don't buy the books. Almost all of them you can find a free version online, same with the movies. If you have to miss class, you won't feel like you're missing a bunch of important stuff either. Interesting ffc!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Thrasher was a fine teacher, but the material got extremely boring after a month. As long as you participate at least once every class and complete your responses every week, you'll be fine. However, keeping up with all the readings and movies is rough. The entire class is just a Socratic seminar where the same 4 people keep the conversation going.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He's nice but a bit boring. Overall the class was easy but there's a lot of reading and I thought it could've been more entertaining. It was a good class but I don't know that I would really recommend it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Trasher is a very kind-hearted man who deeply cares about his students as well as about the subjects he teaches. He's enthusiastic every day in class and he can talk for hours about something and it still seems interesting.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Pretty chill and easy

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Thrasher is pretty chill. Just read the online summaries of the texts covered and you are good. You do not even have to buy those books.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Both Professor Thrasher and Professor Valdez teach the FFC Utopia and Dystopia in Film and Literature. If you are a freshman, I highly encourage you to take this class. Its pretty easy and as long as you put in the work on discussions and essays while also making an effort to participate, you should be able to get an A with no problem.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Class w/ Prof. Moses and Thrasher was interesting and the material was all really good. The books are quite long and dense so be prepared. He grades more lenient than Prof. Moses but both want you to think critically. Class is discussion-based so participation is essential. 1-2 assignments per book/movie, 2 projects, and a discussion final.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Thrasher was incredibly laid back and easy to talk to. Both he and Dr. Moses worked well with one another in this class, and while it was ultimately entirely student-led discussion-based, it felt as though the two of them framed the class to still be worthwhile. There are a lot of books and movies, but it's an interesting topic and a good class