Reviews of professor Jonathan Derr

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Grading: Portfolio which is made up by the 3 essays done in class is what matters the most for the grade. Hardly got any feedbacks on papers, and yet all of us got somewhere between 50-70 on our first drafts. Very small grading range. Class Not helpful. He will go over some readings however we were in breakout room 3/4 of the class time.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Do not take him. The prof just sucks at teaching the "HOW" of "how to write essay" and will just assign you one.  His revisions are very vague and will just put you in a group on zoom for 3/4 of the class and it doens't help with understanding the material. I suggest taking it with other prof

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The worst prof I have ever met at temple. His grading is crazy. I helped my classmate and she got an B while I got C-. I have seen some people who failed this class even though their second readers gave passing grade to them. I think your first impression affects the most. Avoid his class!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very Lazy Professor and not efficient.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His grading is tough in the sense that he does not give very clear feedback on the essays which can make it difficult to improve your writing. The lectures were on very basic concepts (in my opinion) which did help some class members but also caused the lectures to be boring for others. When asked questions individually he was fairly helpful.