Sid Slobodnik - University Of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Professor: Sid Slobodnik
Department: English
College: University Of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: BTW250
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Never takes the chance to explain any material at all. Grades and takes random points off, none of which have rubrics. Rude, short email replies.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: BTW250
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Awful. Publicly humiliated students for being 30 seconds late, made us feel stupid, went off on tangents 3x every lecture, and was just overall an unpleasant person to be around. I did NOT learn much; he focused more on formatting and citations rather than the actual content.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: MACS104
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: No
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Genuinely rude and uncaring. He will call you out if you're late or if you get up to throw something away and keeps you over class time. Feedback on my papers were contradictory to what he says in lecture and on the hand outs he gives. Overall the most incompetent professor I ever had. Planning on dropping the course.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: MACS104
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Text required but I didn't use it. Will be uncomfortably rude if you speak to him before class starts or you're late, will single you out in front of everyone. Repeats himself a LOT. Unclear grading guidelines, but willing to critique drafts. Nothing is online, you get tons of handouts per day. Passionate for the subject.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: MACS104
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He loves films, it shows quite a bit. Gives out a lot of handouts, and most are useless (like reviews or something). I had four major papers, he seems to grade easier if you talk to him about your paper beforehand. The exams are not the best, but not horrible. The films he chose were very interesting ones.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: BTW250
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Easily my worst professor so far. He will go on rants about the most irrelevant things and will keep talking even after the bell rings. If you show up late you will get singled out publicly. Everything is done on paper so you can't check your grade or assignments online. He will handout 2-4 useless papers per day. Drop or transfer from his section.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: BTW250
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Worst. This will be the first and the last time I rate a professor. His tone is terrible in explaining things. Keep complaining about stuffs in the society, he barely skim through textbook and expect us to always be prepared for everything. Your tuition deserves to be invested in a better place. DROP IT WHILE YOU GOT A CHANCE.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: BTW250
  • Grade Received: C+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He's very rude and grades tough. Papers are often graded harshly without constuctiove feedback. Would definitely not recommend taking the class.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: MACS104
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Thinks too much of himself and the class. Very rude when it's not even necessary and the content of the class was interesting but pick to be with someone other than him.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: BTW250
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Assigned lots of busy work and graded by deducting points with very little constructive feedback. Generally unpleasant.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: BTW250
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Do your best. Must attend class and submit your weekly assignment in deadline. He is kind of old-fashioned type. Not checking email and using online system. His own guideline is very important, so if you follow his guideline correctly, guarantee A grade. Think he gives curved grade.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ENG101
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He is very strict about attendance and turning in your papers on time. He has no patience for laziness and will make it known. He can be rude and harsh at times but he is a good teacher. He knows what he's talking about and I learned a lot from him. If you are sensitive, don't take it. If you want to learn, I would definitely suggest his class
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: RHET105
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He was an unecessary tough grader. Focused more on irrelevant points of a paper rather than actual content(i.e syntax of works cited vs. entire paper). In class he doesn't have the best attitude. Yet his students to be cheerful. Food for the thought: you get what you put into the world. Overall, don't take his class you will not get an A.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: BTW250
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Very unclear with directions and when will take points off for minor details. If you revise your papers towards all of his notes, still won't get a good grade on it. His email responses are very rude and how he criticizes his students is untactful. Do yourself a favor and find a different professor.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ENG104
  • Grade Received: C
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Knows his stuff and makes class entertaining
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: BTW250
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This class is easy if you're neurotic, but hard if you don't pay attention to fine detail. That being said, I made a few typing errors and was not penalized. This course was self-paced and it was hard to keep on schedule with no due dates. Some mistakes on compass that do not benefit the student. He usually does not fully answer questions via email
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: MACS104
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This guy is majorly unprofessional. Not only does he send emails without salutations, but he forgets to post essential notes needed for writing assignments. When you email him about said notes, he rudely responds and acts as if it is your fault. Clearly he thinks this 100-level is SUPER IMPORTANT.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL104
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This class is a 100 level course but he acts like it's a 300 level. I'm taking it right now & I'm just extremely disappointed in it. I was excited to take this course & now I'm constantly stressed about doing the insane amounts of homework done instead of actually learning the material. You have to watch at least 6 hours of film a week. Don't take.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: ENGL104ONLINE
  • 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:
He gives obnoxious amounts of homework. Its a 100-level class and it's requiring much more work than any 300 or 400 classes. He's a difficult grader and takes a rude tone in comments.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: MACS104
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This guy knows his stuff. I got out of the class with an A-, but I couldn't slack off in the class. Use his office hours for papers! He's a tough grader, so if you're not a very good writer, don't be shy asking for help. His class is a fun discussion, but don't think it's an easy class because you're watching movies. It's a pretty interesting class
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