Don Wood - Langara College, Vancouver, BC

Professor: Don Wood

Department: English

College: Langara College, Vancouver, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG1128
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Extremely hard marker!! For someone to score a 5 of their LPI and recieve a C- grade in essay writing is ridiculous! He is very vague on instruction when it comes to assignments. He got sick near the end of the course and Toby(clueless teacher) replaced him. Don seems like a friendly person but if you want to score a high grade..don't take him.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2223
• 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:

Wonderful lecturer...seems very friendly while teaching, and then is very, very cold when you approach him. I think he is shy. His knowledge base is inspiring, don't be put off by his one-on-one attitude.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG226
• 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:

This man knows his Chaucer! He is really fun and has an amazingly infectious giggle. Takes something that could be a dry subject and twists it to suit his modern audience with constant reference to something they can relate to. Sit at the front for full affect. He can even do accents with incredible skill!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG1129
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If your good in English..take him, if not, he is boring as *&^*&%*. I don;t think he marks accordingly. Takes him less than a week to mark 3 classes of work? Impossible for an English teacher. Once this guy remembers your style of writing, he'll give you the same mark throughout.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1129
• 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:

so much passion for lit. and poetry, makes the class far more interesting than most. knows more information on writers and poets than past profs. LOTS OF ENTHUSIASM... but can get carried away in stories, and analysis...

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1129
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Don Wood is great, his passion for English is clear, & he wants only for the success of his student.Wood chooses great,unique & interesting novels,poems, & literature for this course, as well as a great field trip.Wood is comical,interesting, and straight forward, and holds tutoring sessions for struggling students.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: 1129
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: AMERICANLIT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very passionate about literature. You can see it in his face and hear it when he reads. I really liked his class. He's fair in marking papers and is willing to give you whatever help you need as long as you're willing to put in the time and effort. He's a really nice guy and his radical views are pretty entertaining too.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1129
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

i found him confusing during the poetry section although i could see his passion for it. the rest of the course went pretty well. He knows some pretty interesting facts bout the writers so he can be funny. not a hard marker. helpful and understanding. and the fieldtrip was great!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

It is not an easy thing at all to keep an English classroom from becoming a sleep hole, Dr.Wood has done a great job at bringing the class to interest. You will find time flies fast in his classes, and you will have quite some fun. He is a rather strict marker though. But hey, it really is difficult to be an English teacher in the first place, no?

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG1127
• 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:

He is very helpful and seems be passionate about his job. He has his students best interest at heart and he has really funny stories.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

D. WOOD, you'll like him if you are into literature. if not you wont. he will talk about all sorts of authors and poets as if you know them by heart. his lectures dont make any sense, and his assignments are tough. plau LOTS of reading. LOTS.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

His lectures go off-topic, but I found them amusing. He kept the class interesting. He is a friendly guy, and approachable when you need him especially for areas of improvement on your writing.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1129
• 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:

Don Wood is a very nice teacher. His lectures are very interesting, easy to follow and always related to the essay topics that he assigns. His class is not hard. He assigns the essay topics 2 weeks in advance which gives you enough time to write a good essay. He is a very fair marker. TAKE HIM! You won't regret it!!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG1129
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Once again he made class fun. We all went to 'Bard On The Beach' and watched 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'. Awesome! Highly recommended.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG1128
• 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:

I loved his lectures! He always had interesting stories and his historical knowledge kicked ass! I didn't know what I had until it was gone...try taking Stephen Haag if you want to really know how boring an english class can be.

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

The class wasn't painful to be in. His lectures were interesting but I didn't get a great mark, mainly beccause I didn't try hard enough. Anyways, nothing horribly wrong with the guy.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH1128
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG1127
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Don talks a lot(gets boring after a while).Too much info that you are not going to use for your essays. Not a hard marker, watch your structure, grammar and you will be ok. In class essays are hard as well as final, because he makes topic difficult. Don assumes that you know how to write complex essays.