J Traill - University of Toronto - St. George Campus, Toronto, ON

Professor: J Traill

Department: History

College: University of Toronto - St. George Campus, Toronto, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CLA201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Prone to rambling during lectures. A bit painful but otherwise palatable.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CLA201
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Traill is the most amazing man in the world! He's kind and modest, such a sweet humble man, and always has time to help his students. He truly cares, even though he is a decorated scholar that is in the upper echelons of his field. This man is an angel walking the earth, and we are privileged to be able to learn from him!!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CLA201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Really great professor, you can really tell he loves what he is teaching. Lecture are a bit dry but interesting sense of humour lightens things up. The course is about memorization, which can seem boring, but really gives you an understanding of where words come from. Loved this course and def recommend it, especially to those who love language!!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CLA201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy, his class isn't really one you want to take unless you have really good memory as that is what the tests and exams are.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SII199
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very nice old man who will go out of his way to help you. He does ramble a bit about everything though, which makes his explanation of pretty much everything unclear. Feels like i'm in high school again taking his class.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CLA201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Good prof, fair tests. Sometimes he gives you extra marks if he feels like it haha.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CLA01
• 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:

Quite dry material, but knows his stuff. Recommend for those in the classics program

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CLA201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Easy-going prof, willing to listen to student suggestions. Lectures are somewhat boring, but he tries to entertain the class. Course material is strictly memorization based, which is expected.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CLA201
• 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:

He is horrible and unorganized. He does not know how to teach or explain. In lectures, all he does is just provide you with the summary of assigned readings. He failed to explain course material to students and seems to only know how to make up jokes, which is not helpful at all! worst prof I ever had!!!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CLA301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is boring and burnt out. His lectures consisted of a rambling summary of the day's assigned readings. He was very disorganised; during a midterm exam, he handed out a quiz, which was to be done then and there. Once, out of nastiness, I think, he included on a quiz a question which read, "Expected grade for this course?"

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CLA384
• 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:

One of the old classics professors i.e., learning based on memorisation, exams mainly gobbets. But he was always willing to listen to us: let us draw pictures of the material on the chalkboard. A very kind man.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CLA230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

If I could write his name on the board and circle it, I would! He talks too fast, and sometimes goes on tangents about the museum, but he's old and cultured. Good man!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CLA230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy, interesting lectures, but I find his exams quite difficult. Very memorization based...just memorizig facts for test, not theories, trends etc.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CLA301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I totally disagree with most comments. He is a kindly man, but VERY disorganised and increadibly unhelpful. He may be knowledgable but has no clue how to pass that knowledge on to his students. He is unsuited to teach at a university.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CLA230
• 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:

Really nice and helpful, cares about students.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CLA230
• 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:

Traill is a pretty good prof, he knows a lot about greek history, and manages to deliver his lectures in a humourous manner, which always helps. he can mumble sometimes, but not a big deal. text is very helpful in case you miss a lecture.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CLA201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Traill is great-you cannot help but have a laugh at his jokes, corny as they may sometimes be. Very helpful, approachable and knowledgeable. A lot of memorization to the course material.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CLA301H
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is a sweet old man and you can't help but like him.. but he often digresses and is pretty disorganized.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CLA201
• 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:

No Comments

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CLA201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He's Great, its the class that's HORIBLE!!!