David B. Suchoff - Colby College, Waterville, ME

Professor: David B. Suchoff

Department: English

College: Colby College, Waterville, ME

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: EN271
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

probably the best professor for critical theory. fun and interesting class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: EN271
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Suchoff get so excited when he is teaching, and when you make a comment he gets even more excited. He is hilarious and fun to have in class. I feel like he's probably the best prof. to take for critical theory.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: EN323
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

One of the worst professors I've had at Colby. Unclear about his expectations, scatterbrained, difficult to understand. Unfortunately, his office hours are of little help, as he tries to control the conversation rather than hear your thoughts.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENMANY
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

During my time at Colby I took many of his courses, sometimes simply because he was teaching them. One of the best professor I had there--he's a little scatterbrained but genuinely enthusiastic about what he's teaching. An great help in office hours too, especially to get on track with paper expectations.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: EN413
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I found the Jane Austen course with Suchoff very tedious. He stuck pretty much to one topic throughout all the novels and never gave us any cultural grounding. If you love Jane Austen, this course will be okay, but if you are not as excited about the material or unfamiliar with it, this course will not raise your enthusiasm.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: EN271
• 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:

I adored this class! While I wasn't intrigued by literary theory, Professor Suchoff made it so fun and entertaining to talk about it in class with his enthusiasm towards the subject matter. There was a lot of reading and a few toughly-graded essays, but if you put effort into the class and communicate with him, your grade will reflect that.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: EN378
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Suchoff offers unique insight into a wide array of popular authors and novels. His classes are largely discussion based and he always has a quirky way of presenting the material. I loved his classes!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: EN413
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is a really smart and gifted thinker and teacher. He really likes language and identity studies, which is cool some people (I enjoyed it), but if thats not your thing I would think about taking other courses. Very helpful teacher overall!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: EN323
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Loved this class. Slackers beware. But serious students who want to engage in great conversations with a smart professor will enjoy it.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: EN271
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor Suchoff is a really great teacher. He is always available to meet with students, and he is open minded, funny, and enjoyable to listen to in class. We have great discussions. Thumbs up!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: EN323
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very much into the "right" way to read a piece of literature. Has lots of theories about structure and literary coding. Class discussions can get very off topic and theoretical, hard for those of us who like more meat-and-potatoes style learning. Runs a disorganized classroom, gets off on tangents. Better one-on-one in office hours.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: EN179
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Suchoff is always ready will helpful criticism and new insights. I've taken several classes with him and have learned an incredible amount. Definitely take a class with him if you get a chance.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: BECKETT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Suchoff is a real nice guy and seems wicked smart. That having been said, I sometimes felt as though I had just beaten the crap out of myself and betrayed everything I believed in after writing his papers. My God, Beckett sucks.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: BECKETT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Totally rockin' class!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: EN115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Suchoff has very specific expectations of style and points to touch on, but as long as you pay attention in class and write the way he says you'll be fine. He's a really nice guy and pretty laid back - always willing to help outside of class. He likes kind of cliche abstract interpretations of the readings, but facilitates class discussions well.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH115
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I LIKED Suchoff's writing class! He really helped me and was so nice about helping with revisions. Just another perspective.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: EN324
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very interesting discussions

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: EN115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

It looks like people who take his upper level classes enjoyed themselves, but do NOT take EN115 with Suchoff. He's terrible. His suggestions for paper improvments never made any sense and I always did worse when I followed them. A nice man, but not very good at getting his ideas across and with very little faith in freshman writers.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: EN271
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Among the few best teachers at Colby. Do not leave Colby without taking his class. It's criminal not to if you're an English major.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SAMUELBECKETT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The least egotistical teacher I've ever had. Brings tons of enthusiasm and curiosity into class, and is actually interested in learning from student comments and analysis. His classes are mostly based on new critical readings (close readings of texts). The man.