Trevor Ponech - McGill University

Professor: Trevor Ponech
Department: English
College: McGill University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: 317
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great prof - there for you, especially if you put in the effort!
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL479
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I've never had a prof give so much feedback on papers. He reads through drafts and responds relatively quickly to e-mails. That being said, I found him to be a hard marker. Although participation is worth a lot, he does not give much time in class to actually participate. If you have strong writing skills and like cinema, this class is for you.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL319
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Horrible prof. Uncaring. Cold. His lectures are incoherent, and it's clear he doesn't really like students at all.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL319
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Despite the difficulty of this course, I must say that it was one of the most enjoyable that I have ever taken. Prof. Ponech really puts a lot of effort in coming up with interesting class discussions. This was one of those classes that stimulate one's mind. Moreover, he is very committed to his students and a truly nice and funny gentleman.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL275
  • 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:
Don't.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ENGLXXXX
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Best courses of my life were with Dr. Ponech. I took 3 while at McGill and took another while in a graduate program at another university. He is extremely bright, which makes writing papers very difficult because anything that isn't logically sound is pounced upon. Not for the faint of heart, his courses will make you think hard and long.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL275
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Difficult readings.the material for the paper, the book the paper was on was examined after the paper was due.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ENG275
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
If you are going to take his class make sure you do your readings for each lecture or else you WILL be lost. The exam content is unexpected, he ask at least ONE specific question. No idea how I can guide future students to study since he doesn't prepare students for the exam:S all I can say is. good luck...
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL279
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
DON'T DO IT!
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL275
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
JUst stAY IN CLASS IF YOU ARE HANDING IN YOUR PAPERS OR $H1t WILL HIT THE FAN NO JOKE HE JUST DID THIS THIS MORNING DANGER!!! But in all seriousness, Be careful he will fail you if you hand in a paper and dont stay for no reason. Have a nice life!!!
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL275
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I have never been so inclined to post on this site until I listened to Trevor Ponech. He has ruined the english language for me, as well as my GPA. Pompous and unnecessarily verbose, he is the worst.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ENG479
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
likely the most unprofessional and inept professor I have yet seen when it comes to actual teaching - to give an indication rather than give a set of criteria by which he evaluates your assignment he does the assignment himself and gives you this: I gave his essay to 4 other profs in the subject to see what they would grade it, the highest was a B
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: ENG275
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Hands down the worst professor I've had at McGill. What began as annoying quirks to his lectures, made its way up to him frequently insulting the class and our lack of "taste"-- he is a pompous, angry man and there is absolutely on reason to put up with him unless it's a required course.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL319
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This is probably the most boring class I have ever taken in my life. I wasn't a fan of the prof. To his credit, he seems to be really into the material. The good thing is I went to about 10% of the lectures and only read the stuff I had to write the papers on, and still got a B-. Not bad, but learned nothing.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: CSINTRO
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
First-rate, fun on documentaries esp.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ENG275
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL359
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
From the first few lectures, I didn't think this guy was gonna be SO bad, just a little dry and boring. But by the end, I literally couldn't take the class anymore. His marking was unfair and subjective and his poetics of the image class completely disregarded the CULTURAL element, turning it into a theory course. the worst, trust the reviews.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ENG188
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Let me say this: my film class was in the big Leacock room, with capacity for 627 students, and an average of 30 came to each class. PONECH = PRETENTIOUS & POMPOUS
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL280
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Boring.He repeats the same thing over and over again. Even if it is an English class, you should be able to do well in a 200 if you have done CEGEP english. He marked the essays very severly. I would NOT take this class, he rarely talks about the films and I heard only complaints.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: EMG280
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very, very boring. Class is extremely tedious and hard to sit through, most people only go to the screenings. This is compunded by the fact that most of the readings are unnescessary. THe course is easy enough if you can write well, but you will fail if you can't
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