Reviews of professor David Racker

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class requires a lot of reading, but you don't actually have to do the reading to get by. He posts the PDF of all readings on Canvas. Class discussions are always interesting. If you don't raise your hand, he will eventually call on you. Also, he grades papers a bit harshly for a Gen Ed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Racker is amazing! Our class discussions helped me tremendously to understand the class material and they were even fun sometimes. I found that he was able to maintain a serious academic discussion while also allowing us to express our own views and opinions. He is very flexible with late work and always allows revisions for formal assignments.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I loved him! He cared about what he was teaching and I actually learned a lot from his class! He does randomly call on people to answer questions, but if you honestly don't know say that and it's fine. Not a lot of work at all; annotations and a few short analyses. Offers extra credit. Attendance does effect you grade, so make sure you go!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
IH is known for being grueling busy work, but Racker makes it even worse with mandatory attendance and literally 3 assignments a day. He is definitely not the one for you if you plan on ever slacking off. He does grade late work and will let you resubmit assignments, but if you miss attendance enough times, he will fail you and you,ll need to drop

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Racker requires attendance + participation and it will heavily effect your grade. Also assigns a lot of work for a GenEd course. Wouldn't take if looking for a simple class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took IH 1 with Professor Racker in an asynchronous format. There were so many assignments, but I did learn a lot. Also, if you get a bad grade Professor Racker will give you a chance to make it up. If you ever need help with anything Professor Racker will always help you. The only bad thing was there were many group assignments.