Bernard Igwe - Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC

Professor: Bernard Igwe

Department: English

College: Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1110
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He isn't as bad as he's made out to be. Nice guy, and helpful during office hours. Helps you learn to analyze readings better. You must show up to pass, as he says many important things regarding how to write a paper for his class. Follow what he wants and you'll be fine.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

lectures are dry and not useful. hard marker and really not that approachable. His assignment sheets have no details and really picky about format. Expects uni level english papers from high school students typically in 1100.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGL111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Absolute garbage professor. He expects you to have the writing experience of a doctoral candidate, and his feedback is very vague and unclear. His lectures are very confusing, and going to see him outside of class does little to help. I am an A student in English, but with him I was receiving C+s. He is an absolute god awful professor

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He expects you to present 'university level' papers, which is fair. he can come up a bit tough and boring but he is a good professor when you get to know him more. tough marker, but your writing skill really does improves without a question. people complain about him but if you are actually willing to work for the grade, he is a great choice.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

AWFUL!! Too many REDO's..

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG111
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Unapproachable in the classroom setting, even worse if you encounter him in public. Just not a decent person.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1100
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I wasn't his biggest fan at first, but he definitely grew on me. It is evident that he enjoys what he teaches and wants all of his students to succeed. It can be frustrating at first when he asks for assignments to be rewritten, but you really learn from it in the end. Lectures get boring, but take notes so you know what he wants in your work.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Worst Prof ever. stands up there and talks about nothing for 90 mins. Expects you to be a professional writer right off the spot. Gives you an F no matter on how good the paper is. Will tell you to re do it. And he wont give that paper back so you know what your grade is.. Overall. worst class and teacher I've ever had.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Probably one of the worst experiences I've ever had with a teacher. Absolutely awful at his job.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Bernard is terribly boring and unclear. The class itself is reasonably easy. I'm generally a good student, but I skipped this class several times and found it difficult to sit through his awful lectures. When I asked him for help, he did not clarify anything. He does, however, allow students to rewrite failed papers.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1100
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Knowledgeable man, and is definitely passionate about his subject, but lectures are incredibly long and hard to endure at times. What he wants in his assignments can be hard to figure out, but if you pay attention in class he often says the answers and you can copy it down and put it on the paper word for word and get a good mark.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1110
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

This was the most boring class that I've ever taken. If you disagreed with his interpretation of the story, you were wrong. He would accuse us of having not read the story if we were unsure of how to respond to one of his questions. Slow marker. He left over half of the course material until the last month. Seemed disorganized and unenthusiastic.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

His biggest strength is being available to talk outside of class, which will help a lot if you don't understand something. He's also a friendly guy and very approachable. However, if you are bad at English, his lectures may confuse you. He referenced the textbook quite a bit, so it's worth the money to get it. Pay attention and you'll be fine.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENLG100
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Learnt tons from this professor. Very approachable.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: 1110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Every class I sat through I honestly wished my tea was vodka. Most boring teacher in the world, and extremely unclear with feedback. Would tell you to interpret the stories then tell you your interpretation was wrong. 2 people out of 30 passed, and 20 dropped out at the beginning.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH1200
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Most useless prof I have encountered in my entire student career

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

After sitting through his monotone lectures, which seemed to last forever, I usually had to go home and re-learn how to write the certain type of essay from an online source. As well, he very quickly became behind in his marking, not returning any essays for the longest time, which made it hard to gauge how I was doing in the class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: 1100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

His English class was a nightmare. Wrote an essay, got a C, but then he handed it back for a chance for me to rewrite it... Handed back the same paper and got a B+.... Very inconsistent marker and terribly rude! Avoid him if possible.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGL111005
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Worst professor I have ever had, not a big fan of English to begin with but this was absolutely terrible. NEVER hands stuff back so you have no idea how you are doing and he made us buy so many novels and we only discussed one in class. He's also the most boring lecturer you can possibly imagine.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: 1110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

By far the worst professorteacher I have ever encountered. He is unclear, unhelpful and quite honestly just plain rude. Would not recommend. Steer clear!