Reviews of professor Matthew Simon

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Did not realize we had to speak in class twice to get participation credit. Had a random zero in the grade book with a rubric that I had never seen before until after class. At least let us know we are being graded that day? Grades essays hard, asks vague questions in class discussions, but a very chill guy.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He is so chill and such a great person. We discuss the books for like 15 minutes and then we leave. The tests are not like test tests but like mini projects and we only have one big paper. Overall, he is a great teacher who really likes what we are talking about in class and likes connecting the books to our real lives.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You have to read everyday for homework and most of the time. He gives 2 parts to tests, take home and in class. They are both pretty hard as take home consists of questions he gives where you have to respond in 250 or more words. In class tests consist of quotes from the books and you write the author, title, and significance of the quote.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not fantastic, but not bad. He's a tough grader on essays, but I guess that's to be expected since it's a composition class (his rubrics are kind of vague, though). We often spent lecture hours doing peer reviews or mini writing assignments.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had Professor Simon for English 102 and I have to say he's your typical English teacher. There's a bunch of random papers you have to do that seem sort of useless, he's a tough grader if you don't follow the rubric which is also vaguish at times. GO to his office hours to have him look over your paper before you submit it'll help your grade.