Bill Gaston - University of Victoria

Professor: Bill Gaston
Department: Writing
College: University of Victoria
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT310
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Bill seems like a nice guy, but really not suited to teaching. His close reading of the text is very shallow- the kind of thing you could pick up from just reading the books. While the course was a good push to try writing a novel, I felt as though I learned absolutely nothing of worth from the lectures. Biggest waste of my time.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT305
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Bill was the rare gem in UVic's writing program. I'm not sure why others found him boring or monotone. Perhaps this is a misinterpretation of his unassuming demeanor and dry sense of humor? He's an excellent writer of both short stories and novels who teaches with great patience and care. A reason unto himself to stick with UVic's WRIT offerings
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Not my favourite prof. He didn't seem to teach very much. I found a lot of what he was saying to be obvious stuff. His exam was really hard. It was based more how 'out of the box' you can write and less about what was covered in class. I guess he wasn't my style. Lots of people seemed to like him though.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This class, although somewhat obvious when it came to parts of the curriculum, in the end, left me with a lot of tips and tricks most people don't know when it comes to writing. His comments on my short story were helpful and fair, and although his lectures were a little dry, he always made an effort to engage the class and add humour.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Bill Gaston RULES! He makes me want to keep my grades up to program standard JUST so I can take his workshops.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Bill is probably a really nice guy, a good writer, and an interesting kinda crazy man. But, Fiction with him made me drop writing all together. Creative writing? Too many guidelines... BORING lectures, taught NOTHING new or that wasnt common sense (e.g. did you know a good story needs good characters and a good plot) Kinda easy marker compared to
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Oh man. Fiction was the reason why I came to UVIC, and he definitely deflated my bubble. It's not that he's awful or anything...he's just so boring. And monotone. And not really ever prepared for lecture. Kind of a waste; I wish my Fiction experience had been better, prof wise.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I took his fiction section, and seeing as i'm interested in that genre most of all I was excited. Most of the time I didn't really want to be there though. I found he had usefull things to teach, but it just was not stimulating for me. But read his books, it's fun to see where he use things he's taught, and things he's taught to not use.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: WRITING100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Editing of our work was poor and the comments were not very helpful. His attitude towards the class was that of not caring and he tried to discourage people from the writing program.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT100
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Mr. Gastons class was laid back and pretty interesting but I found his class kind of useless. I really didn't learn anything about the fiction genre that I didn't already know. His class is pretty fun though.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT305
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Extremely nice and helpful...Has a good sense of humour and gives student space to express their creativity.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT310
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great teacher, Great class. REally made me want to write.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: 202
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He is an amazing teacher/writer. I can't get enough of Bill!
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT202
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
What a fabulous, handsome, funny, smart guy! We love Bill G. He is wonderfully talented and very approachable, and his stories and ideas are really entertaining and FULL OF HEART. Enjoy.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT305
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He teaches as well as he writes and that's saying a lot.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT202
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Sarcastic-in-a-good-way. Let you know what was going on. Nice sweaters.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: WRIT100
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
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