Ben Letson - Emory and Henry College, Emory, VA

Professor: Ben Letson

Department: Philosophy

College: Emory and Henry College, Emory, VA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MODERNPHIL
• 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:

He is such a wonderful professor. I really feel myself gravitate toward his style of teaching. Conversational, and didn't feel too much like lecturing. He is definitely one of my favorite professors, and was a huge decider in my choice to possibly triple major in philosophy.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: EINQ310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A great teacher...if you want to learn about the "ethics" of football and beer. Unfortunately for me, I was there to hear about Bioethics.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: EINQSECT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Bioethics...boring as you can possibly imagine (unless you're a philosophy major.) Very little bio, mostly ethics. Don't bother taking notes - they're worthless - just read the chapters before the test and you'll make an A.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: INTROTOPHIL
• 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:

Ben Letson is a great teacher if you know the material prior to coming into class. He expects what any college professor expects.... his students to work. He is also great to talk to and pretty damn funny.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: INTROTOPHIL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

scintillating, yet sober; exciting, but serious; tengential, yet always on point

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHIL101
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Letson is a teacher of philosophy in the truest sense, valuing the exchange and evaluation of ideas over the rote memorization of names and terms. Philosophy as he presents it is not an exercise in pretension but a relevent necessity. His teaching style is tagential, genial, conversational, and he's easily one of the best teachers at Emory.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: WTRA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I forgot what class I was in sometimes...at least I came out with a good clear understanding and knowledge of Gams and great thinkers.

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

He's a great guy, but philosophy is not my thing. I didn't like doing reading and then not talking about it and having things on the tests that were never discussed.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ALL
• 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:

Hey you can talk to him bout anything. And thats hard to find; seriously ask him and he will tell you what he thinks. Plus he knows what its like to be a student at ehc; he is a grad.

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

good guy...cant teach..****-nyc

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: BIOETHICS
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Even though I spazed out on his first test I like him. He seems like a cool guy and I got to race him to class because hey we were both late because of a little thing called coffee

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: 101
• 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:

Can a philosophy professor ever go off on a tangent? Yes.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MARK80
• 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:

Ben, you only have two ratings, luker has 11. much has changed since late 70's.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHIL
• 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:

Dr. Letson taught me how to think.