Kevin Flynn - Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Professor: Kevin Flynn

Department: English

College: Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG
• 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:

Here's what I wrote on Kevin's end of term Evaluation: Prof. Flynn's classes are so engaging, that if I have to go to the bathrrom during lecture I RUN. Our loss is Saskatoon's gain.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGL370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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Comment:

one of the best profs i've had

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGL370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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• Would Take Again: N/A
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Comment:

Flynn is a great prof. Clear, insightful lecturer, open to other viewpoints, and incredibly helpful & supportive. Actually cares about his students. You have to be blind not to see that there's a lot of substance underneath the humour. He's the real deal.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG373
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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Comment:

He excels at imitations of Bart Simpson and characters from Sesame Street -- if you need to catch up on any episode you've missed just ask him. He keeps threatening to go away, but he's been seen red-faced and skulking in the hallways. Literature is a mystery to this fellow. Like the man said "It's all packaging!" Buyer beware!

Rating # 5

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

i agree with the last person. why can't a prof be charismatic AND smart? flynn's both. just like he's a hard marker but very friendly and helpful. he does so much to encourage students with his treatment of them in class and his tough (but kind) comments on papers. not smart? he used quantum physics to help explain postmodernism, and it made sense!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CANLIT
• 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:

Kevin's reading skills-both of books and of people-are what make him brilliant. If you bother to look past that charismatic front you'll find an intuitive, informed, and delightfully edgy prof. He has a knack for pulling the best from you-you'll improve as a writer and thinker, not just memorize some old guy's viewpoint. UofS-you're in for a treat.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: GRAD
• 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 previous bad rating is asinine. I doubt Kevin got PhD from McGill by being a poor textual reader. I sat in a room with 10 other grad students who were not only impressed with his close readings but blown away with how he somehow managed to tailor discussions to the individual interests of everyone in the class. He is the ideal modern prof.

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Are you all joking? Can't any of you tell quality from packaging? This prof. was all packaging. Sure, he's charismatic, smooth, diligent at answering e-mails and also a poor textual reader. Appealing to the masses is quite different from being truly smart.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGL370CANLIT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I get a nice vibe from him,keeps you awake in class too which is a hard task considering the material. 2much emphasis on attendance and participation in this course though, but I'd still say he was the best english prof at conu.

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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Comment:

Wonderful teacher.

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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Comment:

He IS a hard marker, but you WILL learn from it. More than any prof, he made me feel like I was learning at the university level. Very smart. Very funny. Very dedicated. It's true, he answers e-mail at midnite. I learned more about how to read lit in his class than in all my other classes combined.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGL379N
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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• Would Take Again: N/A
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Comment:

He's an awesome prof. Sad to see him leave Concordia - he was one of their best assests. He marks hard, but he makes class super enjoyable. He's funny, intelligent, and any man who can associate any aspect of (boring) Can. Lit. to The Simpsons is genius in my book.

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

HE IS OUTSTANDING! HE USES CLEAR, EVERYDAY LANGUAGE. INTERACTS WITH THE CLASS, LISTENS TO STUDENTS COMMENTS. HE WILL RESPOND TO YOUR EMAILS @ 12 AM, NO MATTER WHAT, WITH ON-POINT COMMENTS! HE'S SUPER CHILL. I IMPROVED MY WRITING SO MUCH...I WISH HE STAYED IN CONCORDIA :-(

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGL370
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

nice guy, young, but the f'ing class is so boring even he cant save it.

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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Comment:

wow. I took modern canadian poetry with this man... what a blessing from the sky. I used to think that modern canadian poems about rocks were kind of boring, but this witty delight (who's married- sorry kids!) made the class very attendable. Refreshing!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGL373
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
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Comment:

This Professor makes coming to class fun. He actually made Canadian Lit interesting through his humour and knowledge on the subject. He's kind, modest, quite humorous and not bad to look at. He's helpful, charismatic and has the BEST personality.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGZ298
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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Comment:

Amazing teacher! Really helpful, and really cares about his students and how they do. He's really entertaining and makes class fun to go to! He marks a little tough, but my writing greatly improved with him.

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

• For Credit: N/A
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• Would Take Again: N/A
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Comment:

He's funny, charismatic and can relate to his students very well. He understands that some stories are really boring, he doesn't assume that just because it is old that it's quality material.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CANLIT
• 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:

Flynn is one of the most dynamic profs I've ever had. He knows SO much and is incredibly modest about it. Sharp, funny, fab.