Reviews of professor Simon Kern

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Really good at teaching concepts and making you understand the subject. The class will be easy as long as you listen to the feedback he gives you on your assignments and actually prepare for your speeches/debate. He is very helpful so don't be scared to ask him for help.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Kern is a really funny and caring person. Gives good constructive feedback and is approachable. He guides you through your speeches and tries his best to ensure you'll have all the skills needed for presentations.  As someone who is decent at public speaking, I saw a big difference by the end of the year. His class was really helpful!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Kern puts in the effort to make the class enjoyable and have conversations with his students- even over zoom. He grades based on a few assignments: speeches and written prompts. He's pretty clear with instructions but can be a tough grader. The speeches and debates are nerve-wrecking but you really do improve.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
As someone who is afraid of speaking in front of people, taking this class was helpful for me. Simon gives good feedback and guides you to prepare for the speeches, as long as you do what he recommends you will pass this class easily. Once you get to talk to him he is a funny person and I would say he has somewhat of a dark sense of humor.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Overall he was probably one of the better professors I had during this semester. He's a very chill and fun professor to have and he's able to teach relatively effectively. The only things I would say are setbacks for him are that he doesn't connect with most of the students usually and he pretty much never gives a perfect grade.