Jennifer Clarvoe - Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

Professor: Jennifer Clarvoe

Department: English

College: Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor Clarvoe is exactly what you'd expect a poetry teacher to look like. She expects a lot out of you, and if you're not willing to give that to her you'll have a hard time in her class, but if you do you will learn A LOT. She's really sweet, an easy grader, and incredibly understanding. Take her class, you'll love her.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Assertive but delicate. She is filled with contagious wonder. Also, so intelligent. I learned to trust her knowledge and passion and accept her guidance. Let her get carried away on rants and listen. Take her class and go to office hours.

Rating # 3

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Professor Clarvoe's expectations of you couldn't be less clear. It is one of the most frustrating classes I've ever attended. Her class discussions are incredibly unfulfilling. She gives you annoyingly micromanaging instructions on papers but her expectations still aren't clear. She's a nice person but a terrible teacher.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENGL230
• 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:

I ABSOLUTELY love her. Every time she speaks it's like listening to poetry. She really pushes you to learn, engage, & embrace the material. I absolutely hated & wanted nothing to do with poetry before I took her class and now I can't get enough. While she isn't the easiest of graders, her feedback is helpful. You WILL be a better writer bc of it.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGL266
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof Clarvoe is quirky, but in a kind of not so good way. She's really unclear, and gets angry and makes people cry. She also takes a really long time handing stuff back. I think she has good intentions...? There are a lot of great English professors at this college, but she is not one of them.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGL387
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She's obviously really smart and passionate about her work, but I had a hard time understanding her. She is also pretty disorganized.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGL215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Clarvoe's class was one of the best classes I took in Kenyon's English Department.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGL201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

It is difficult to describe someone who is so vague and yet so precise. She hits it. What does she hit? I don't know, but she nailed it.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGL103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I thought the point of small classes was to provoke discussion, but in this class it was more like 12 front row seats in what could have been a big lecture hall.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGL201
• 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:

she's awesome. as a workshop leader, she's extremely helpful and encouraging, but swift and merciless if necessary. eccentric speaker, but incredibly articulate and precise. don't brown-nose. it won't work.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG215
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Really helpful if you ask. Really knows her stuff and wants you to do well. I think she is overlooked because she's kind of quiet.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG215
• 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:

awesome, delighted to be teaching, smart, not too hard. grew a lot during her class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PROSODY
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's a genius, and if you listen to her, you will learn. Her lectures can be difficult b/c she's dealing w/ difficult/complicated topics; but what would you expect? She helped my paper writing so much; and she WILL help if you ask. An AMAZING poet too.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• 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:

AS long as you know how to write a coherent paper, hardest part of this class is staying awake. And don't try to take notes off of the board, your notes will look like an Eng. Dept.'s version of the ink blot test filled with random words and symbols.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG
• 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:

kind of spacey

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG201
• 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:

She really knows her poetry, but she certainly keeps her distance from her students.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• 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:

Jens a cool bird. she's got moxie. most confusing board notes known to man. What the frick does four squigglies, seventeen arrows, two stars, and a circle around the word "threshold" even mean?!?!?! but she's smart and she knows

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG
• 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:

Lost a WHOLE SET of class essays. Sweet, but dull.