Reviews of professor Karl Hele

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Heels lectures were wonderful. I wont deny that he is a tough grader, but he is a caring professor who is extremely understanding in difficult circumstances, and gives great feedback. If you attend his lectures, listen, and take notes that arent a direct copy paste, you will do great.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Lectures and class is fine - show up and you'll do okay... but probably the hardest grader I have had in four years. Comments are extremely hard to make out - making it harder to adjust future writing. Sooooo much reading (novels, articles, books etc..) Did not feel like he had students' best interest.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr Hele gave great lectures, however his expectations for his students is unreasonable... he grades as if it is a fourth year course, whereas it is a second year one. He doesn't give feedback either. I attending all lectures, got help from both the meighen centre and writing centre and still ended up with a poor grade. I would not recommend.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Talking to Dr. Hele outside of class great, wonderful man. This class was supposed to be a first year course, but it felt more like 3rd or fourth year course with the amount of reading and papers (length wise). Didn't really feel like I learnt much other than my own research for the final paper.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr.Hele was a brutal teacher. He marked extremely hard and had extremely weird marking/comments. He was funny and was kind in his own sarcastic way. He only gave us two projects other then the final exam so that sucked, and he completely failed to prepare us for the final/give us study materials. Overall okay, but don't want to do it again.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Hele is great definitely a tough marker but it's mostly because he is picky about structure etc. However, He is a super sweet person and is very helpful if you go and ask for help. Super accommodating. I will say he does ramble so you're better off sending him an email if you are in a rush.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Hele marks as though INDG 1001 is a fourth year course. His expectations for first year writing are too high, not allowing for students to develop necessary skills for university writing. I would not take this course in first year but rather in third or fourth year.