Ronald Nelson - James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Professor: Ronald Nelson

Department: English

College: James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: GHUM200
• 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:

Took this guy's class as a sophomore and liked it so much I'm going for a Master's in English. An incredibly nice man. I learned a lot from him. He's kind of eccentric, but aren't all English profs? I can't help but notice that most people who've posted negative reviews here seem like morons who can't even spell. No wonder they hate an Eng class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG322
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This man was one of the funniest professors I've ever had. He would always crack funny one liners in the middle of class even though no one ever got them. His projects were confusing and he graded rather unfairly, but he was a great man and a great poet.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: GHUM200
• 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:

wow..I have never been so bored in my life! this is definatley the worst class i've ever taken! Discussions are no more than random babbling about this and that, quizzes are one random details, and the paper topics are insane! you have to relate everything to a labyrinth! DON'T TAKE HIM EVER!!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: GHUM200
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Content interesting,but professor is TERRIBLE.Tries to be nice,but "help" leads nowhere!Never directly answers ?s;grading is insane!"Grade boosting" quizzes are terrible if you dont remember useless details;papers I gave him were so marked in red with stylistic changes they were unreadable.DONT TAKE

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: GHUM200
• 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:

run far away from this crazy labyrinth man. no paper you ever write will be good enough for his standards. incredibly anal about answers and the most boring human being i have met in my life. you could start your own book with the amount of useless handouts he gives you. DO NOT TAKE!!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: GHUM200
• 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:

Whoever said this guy is not that bad was high on something! Lectures have nothing to do with anything. Unless you sell your soul and say what he wants to hear, he'll hate you! Relates EVERYTHING to labyrinths which gets really annoying!If you have to take a class with him..wait until next semester.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG332
• 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:

if you want to be bored to death by the biggest ****, go ahead and take this class. all youll ever hear about is stupid lighthouses and labyrinths. if you liked poetry before this class you definately wont like it after. he has the ability to take something amazing and absolutly destroy it.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG299
• 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:

Im usually a reasonable person when it comes to judging professors, but this professor is the worst you'll ever meet in your entire career. Nobody in my class understands him, very MOODY and his grading methods reflect his strange moods.PLEASE do yourself a favor and DONT TAKE HIM. He shouldnt teach

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG396
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Doesn't understand that it's not his job to make his students well-rounded people. Waste of my money to learn about coins and dresses in Advanced Comp class. Huge waste of time and money. Grading unsteady. Very moody. He's an example of tenure gone extremely wrong.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: GHUM220
• 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:

Horrible teacher who does not actually teach anything the whole year. DO NOT TAKE. Avoid him at all costs!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: 396
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
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Comment:

waste of time, waste of money, a joke, useless information, you'll never use 90% of what he teachers. moody.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG320
• 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:

Comtemporary poetry wasn't so bad. Reading all of the different poets was nice. He is a really sweet guy and always seems willing to help. The grading is really easy compared to my IB class in high school.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG396
• 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:

come on people- he's not that bad- yes he is obsessed with labyrinths which is why the ghum class he teaches is about them- if you didn't read the course description on ecampus when you signed up too bad- get to know him- he's an odd old softie

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG396
• 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:

RUN NOW! Worst prof at JMU. I did not learn a single thing from class. Each day after class, I was so frustrated that I threatened physical violence against him. Don't waste your time or money.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG332
• 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:

Classes were brutal and boring. I don't feel like I've learned a single thing about contemporary poetry, and I really don't like his style of grading. At the same time, he cut breaks near the end and eased up on final grades so he wasn't terrible.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: GHUM200
• 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:

Your soul will hurt after every single one of his classes. It's not hard and he isnt a hard teacher so long as you TELL HIM WHAT HE WANTS TO HEAR. Recommendation: Run away, run far, far away. Terrible lectures terrible assignments....

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG332
• 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:

Arrogant and Wrong. Two bad qualities in a professor. This might have been the biggest waste of time I've had at school. Don't take if you don't have to.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: GHUM200
• 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:

What a jerk! worst teacher ever! obsessed with mazes and labyrinths...what do they have to do with literature?? assigns horrible books. only good thing about him is he canceled our research paper because hes too lazy to grade them!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: GHUM200
• 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:

He is the worst teahcer ever, if u don't agree with his point of view he screws u over, i've never hated someone as i hate this old man, i had to drop it, because everytime i looked at him, i wanted to scream

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG396
• 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:

DO NOT TAKE! He's the worst professor in the Eng departmt and a disgrace to JMU. Instead of teaching HOW to write, you have to memorize the names of leaves and architectural features. He makes up his own curriculum regardless of the handbook description.