Reviews of professor Shuaib Meacham

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Laid back professor. But you really learn good things about literacy. If you are narrow minded about literacy, it might be hard to find any point. He provides different perspectives about literacy for sure.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Very disorganized about class schedule, grading requirements, and lecture. Never had an original comment to say in project feedback. Had a habit of interrupting students comments and examples to then restate them and turn into a story about himself. Did not feel heard as a student or person. Also teaches nothing related to the actual course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He is a laid back professor. But you learn a lot from him about teaching minority students.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Meach should not be teaching this course. We were supposed to be learning about reading strategies. We did not at all. This was a repeat of Schools in American Society. One of the projects even stated in the directions "I am not talking about literacy education." This was a literacy education class. This was the most pointless class I took here.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
A nice literacy professor! Just wanted to let people know about that.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class is supposed to be about teaching literacy, but all we are learning about is activism. I feel so unprepared to support students reading below grade level, but I'm an expert on Habitat for Humanity I guess... Meach is a nice guy, but I definitely don't recommend him as a prof.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Meach is such a nice guy. He is very confused most of the time, but he cares about education. I really liked him and his class. He says you need to buy a bunch of textbooks, but I would wait until he assigns them. I bought like 6 or 7 books and we aren't even using 2 of them. With that being said I do love his textbooks. He is a super easy grader.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Meach is a good person, but not a great professor. The description is not accurate. The most frustrating things are his lack of original and unique feedback, and we spend all semester with the same group of people, and do all projects and assignments with them. If you just want the easy A this is the class for you. If not I would not recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class is one of the easiest classes I have taken at UNI. There was about 4 projects/ assignments that are due and graded the whole semester and he is very light on grading. He listens to what you have to say and is always hyping everything up. Great guy and he does not take attendance!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Meach is a good person. Very understanding & flexible. However, if you want to learn about teaching reading strategies, dont take this course with him, you wont learn about it. Its so scary that I will be a teacher in a year & feel so unprepared when it comes to teaching literacy..

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
He is a great professor. He is well known and respected for his hip hop literacy project. Down to earth and personable.