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Michael Israel ENGL385 Expecting a B- Anonymous 05/13/2012	I refuse to believe that anyone but Israel himself wrote the reviews below me, because no one in my class save maybe 4-5 people (it's a 30 person class) would say these things, ever. To start with, Israel, while a nice guy, cannot explain anything to save his life. Our class gets sidetracked so horrendously by RANDOM subjects that by the end of the class we'll have gone from point A and end at point 8g9b. Does that make sense? No? Well that's my point. Most students realize that going to his actual class is a waste of time since nothing is explained well at all, and so the 30 person class has about 50% attendance at most at any given day. You're required to turn in a written assignment every week, but he takes them late at full credit so most of the people around me in the class are behind by about 2 or 3 assignments at any given time. You can also turn them in via email, which doesn't exactly motivate anyone to show up to class either. The person a few comments below me stated that the assignments take around 6 hours long. Child, if you spend 6 hours on these writing assignments you're doing something wrong. 1 hour tops, and that timeframe includes skimming the book because you didn't go to class and need to know the basics of whatever you need to write about. To put it bluntly, don't take this class. Teacher isn't helpful, class is useless, and it's not an easy A so there's no point in suffering through it for an entire semester.
Michael Israel ENGL385 Anonymous 11/01/2011	I love Prof. Israel! He is so intelligent and an expert in his field. He works hard to clarify topics for his students. He expects you to come to class prepared but honestly, what professor doesn't? The class is very thought provoking and challenges you, but Prof. Israel is always available in office hours and he is SO HELPFUL especially in one on one setting. Overall, really interesting class, and Prof. Israel is great! He does have a nervous twitch/cough which drives some people crazy but I think it just comes with being a genius (since he is one)
Michael Israel ENGL385 Expecting a B jwade2011 04/22/2011	Mr. Israel is an excellent professor. he keeps the class engaged and he does his best to explain things that i can imagine some other professors screwing up terribly. He makes the class interesting by drawing evidence and info. from other academic fields as well as movies and other social situations that students would be familiar with. HOWEVER, this class is tough and the homework(s) will take A LONG TIME.(minimum 6hours) each. I do not recommend this class for your senior year and you should take this class if you are planning on having 12/13 total credits for the semester. If you take this class and your total credits is 15+, you WILL be EXHAUSTED.

Michael Israel
ENGL385

Expecting a B-
Anonymous
05/13/2012

I refuse to believe that anyone but Israel himself wrote the reviews below me, because no one in my class save maybe 4-5 people (it's a 30 person class) would say these things, ever. To start with, Israel, while a nice guy, cannot explain anything to save his life. Our class gets sidetracked so horrendously by RANDOM subjects that by the end of the class we'll have gone from point A and end at point 8g9b. Does that make sense? No? Well that's my point. Most students realize that going to his actual class is a waste of time since nothing is explained well at all, and so the 30 person class has about 50% attendance at most at any given day. You're required to turn in a written assignment every week, but he takes them late at full credit so most of the people around me in the class are behind by about 2 or 3 assignments at any given time. You can also turn them in via email, which doesn't exactly motivate anyone to show up to class either. The person a few comments below me stated that the assignments take around 6 hours long. Child, if you spend 6 hours on these writing assignments you're doing something wrong. 1 hour tops, and that timeframe includes skimming the book because you didn't go to class and need to know the basics of whatever you need to write about. To put it bluntly, don't take this class. Teacher isn't helpful, class is useless, and it's not an easy A so there's no point in suffering through it for an entire semester.

Michael Israel
ENGL385

Anonymous
11/01/2011

I love Prof. Israel! He is so intelligent and an expert in his field. He works hard to clarify topics for his students. He expects you to come to class prepared but honestly, what professor doesn't? The class is very thought provoking and challenges you, but Prof. Israel is always available in office hours and he is SO HELPFUL especially in one on one setting. Overall, really interesting class, and Prof. Israel is great! He does have a nervous twitch/cough which drives some people crazy but I think it just comes with being a genius (since he is one)

Michael Israel
ENGL385

Expecting a B
jwade2011
04/22/2011

Mr. Israel is an excellent professor. he keeps the class engaged and he does his best to explain things that i can imagine some other professors screwing up terribly. He makes the class interesting by drawing evidence and info. from other academic fields as well as movies and other social situations that students would be familiar with. HOWEVER, this class is tough and the homework(s) will take A LONG TIME.(minimum 6hours) each. I do not recommend this class for your senior year and you should take this class if you are planning on having 12/13 total credits for the semester. If you take this class and your total credits is 15+, you WILL be EXHAUSTED.

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