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Randy Ontiveros ENGL358F Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/15/2025	Best professor I've ever had. Show up to class, do the assignments to the best of your ability, and you'll be totally fine. As long as you read, he gives pretty much no assignments.
Randy Ontiveros ENGL358F Expecting an A Anonymous 05/12/2025	Randy is the absolute best. He's a cold caller and is pretty strict about attendance, but aside from that, you really couldn't ask for a better professor. His syllabus was actually really thoughtful, his assignments were easy if you had done the readings, and the readings were really enjoyable. I defintely learned a lot and I'm glad I took this course!
Randy Ontiveros ENGL358F Expecting an A Anonymous 05/05/2025	had him before for hhum105. it's been an easy class (partly because he's working on a book right now), but i was also deeply uncomfortable most of the time due to some of the subject matter and the opinions of some of my classmates. this isn't totally dr. o's fault, but he never intervened and seemed poorly prepared to really engage discussion on heavy topics, both in the fact that he didn't really facilitate back-and-forth discussion between students and because he seemed to lack knowledge on the topics discussed in the novels, named SA, which was a repeated theme.
Randy Ontiveros ENGL358F Expecting an A Anonymous 11/20/2024	Dr. O is a fantastic professor that is truly passionate about what he does. He doesn't make you write papers, but there is weekly mini quizzes, a written midterm, and a verbal final exam. He doesn't assign a ton to read, and keeping up with them isn't difficult because he chooses really good texts that you WANT to read. BUT you really need to do the readings because he tends to cold call in class. Don't let the little things deter you from taking a class with him, he truly is a great instructor.
Randy Ontiveros ENGL358F Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/03/2024	Dr. Ontiveros is really passionate about literature and poetry, which is inspiring. He cares a lot about students reading the content, so there are weekly reading quizzes which are pretty simple. There are no long papers in this class, which was also relieving. If you make an effort to read and understand the content, you will do well. He does randomly call on people, but again this isn't an issue if you've read. He really just wants to make sure he's hearing from more than a handful of students, which I respect. I would definitely take another class with him.
Randy Ontiveros ENGL358F Expecting an A Anonymous 11/16/2022	Prof. Ontiveros is a great professor, he's really passionate about what he teaches and he gives you a good selection of material. Class isn't hard, work-wise, but make sure not to fall behind on readings.

Randy Ontiveros
ENGL358F

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/15/2025

Best professor I've ever had. Show up to class, do the assignments to the best of your ability, and you'll be totally fine. As long as you read, he gives pretty much no assignments.

Randy Ontiveros
ENGL358F

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/12/2025

Randy is the absolute best. He's a cold caller and is pretty strict about attendance, but aside from that, you really couldn't ask for a better professor. His syllabus was actually really thoughtful, his assignments were easy if you had done the readings, and the readings were really enjoyable. I defintely learned a lot and I'm glad I took this course!

Randy Ontiveros
ENGL358F

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/05/2025

had him before for hhum105. it's been an easy class (partly because he's working on a book right now), but i was also deeply uncomfortable most of the time due to some of the subject matter and the opinions of some of my classmates. this isn't totally dr. o's fault, but he never intervened and seemed poorly prepared to really engage discussion on heavy topics, both in the fact that he didn't really facilitate back-and-forth discussion between students and because he seemed to lack knowledge on the topics discussed in the novels, named SA, which was a repeated theme.

Randy Ontiveros
ENGL358F

Expecting an A
Anonymous
11/20/2024

Dr. O is a fantastic professor that is truly passionate about what he does. He doesn't make you write papers, but there is weekly mini quizzes, a written midterm, and a verbal final exam. He doesn't assign a ton to read, and keeping up with them isn't difficult because he chooses really good texts that you WANT to read. BUT you really need to do the readings because he tends to cold call in class. Don't let the little things deter you from taking a class with him, he truly is a great instructor.

Randy Ontiveros
ENGL358F

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/03/2024

Dr. Ontiveros is really passionate about literature and poetry, which is inspiring. He cares a lot about students reading the content, so there are weekly reading quizzes which are pretty simple. There are no long papers in this class, which was also relieving. If you make an effort to read and understand the content, you will do well. He does randomly call on people, but again this isn't an issue if you've read. He really just wants to make sure he's hearing from more than a handful of students, which I respect. I would definitely take another class with him.

Randy Ontiveros
ENGL358F

Expecting an A
Anonymous
11/16/2022

Prof. Ontiveros is a great professor, he's really passionate about what he teaches and he gives you a good selection of material. Class isn't hard, work-wise, but make sure not to fall behind on readings.

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