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John Kim
ENGL392 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/09/2025 |
One of the best professors at UMD! Cares about his students and teaching. All assignments were interesting and graded fairly. His humor keeps the class upbeat and fun and he is very approachable. I would recommend 100%! |
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John Kim
ENGL392 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/08/2025 |
Absolutely adored this class. He is a fantastic professor that truly cares about his students. This is one of those classes where you will be excited to go and participate in. His grading system acknowledges that you may have some harder weeks and he gives you ample amount of time to makeup work. He spends lots of time explaining each of the assignments and will always be willing to meet with you to discuss anything. I highly recommend taking John for legal writing. He's one of the best professors I have had at UMD. |
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John Kim
ENGL391 Expecting an A ashmoney 04/25/2025 |
overall -took in fall 2024 -Professor Kim is very laid back and funny. The writing assignments that you have to do aren't terrible (cover letter/resume, recipe, review of anything recent, creative non-fiction essay, and then a final that was turning one of your old assignments into something new) -some discussion boards to do but they're all reflective and laid back -attendance is necessary at least once a week, and i'd recommend not to miss peer review days or else you'll have to do it virtually which means extra unnecessary writing recommendations/heads up -map out when assignments are due or they'll sneak up on you. so give yourself plenty of time to write/create -he's really creative and helpful, so talk to him during office hours if you need -he does "labor based grading", but i'd still suggest turning in your best work if you're looking for an A. if you're just looking to pass then i guess you could do the bare minimum -he's very flexible with deadlines if you just talk to him -i don't like writing and i gave this a 5 star, so that should tell you that the professor and structure of the class is really good for an english class |
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John Kim
ENGL391 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/23/2024 |
john kim is a professor that truly cares about his students. if you do the work, you will get an A. assignments are manageable and he allows you the creative liberty to do whatever is most fun for you. take him if you get the chance. |
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John Kim
ENGL391 Expecting an A- Anonymous 11/21/2024 |
This professor is one of the most caring instructors I have ever had. He is very creative in his teaching and in designing assignments for students. Additionally, he is understanding during busy times with multiple midterms. I highly recommend signing up for his course. If you don't attend class, you will likely only earn a B or B-. Trust me, he is great! |
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John Kim
ENGL392 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 09/04/2023 |
Nice guy, and the class is super easy now, since he structured so that he doesn't actually give out letter grades for assignments. It's a contract grading system, so pretty much if you do what the prompt says and show effort, you'll be fine. The class being so easy is nice, but as a result, you don't come away with much knowledge about legal writing or law school, even though that's a stated goal of the course. Kim seems pretty knowledgable about the material, but often gets sidetracked and just doesn't really engage the class that much. But again, it's a class that you don't have to stress about at all. |
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John Kim
ENGL392 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/18/2019 |
A genuinely kind professor who cares about his students and does a lot to make the learning experience fun. |