David Merson - American River College, Sacramento, CA

Professor: David Merson

Department: English

College: American River College, Sacramento, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGCW400
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very good choice of professors! Merson is understanding, kinda soft-spoken, and readily approachable. He will work with all types of writers, and his feedback and criticisms were fair and well-rounded. If you respect him and the work, you'll do nicely. If not, he'll still help but his scathing retorts will burn. Not an easy A, but worth it.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGWR300
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I took his online class. You have to do A LOT of writing for the discussion boards, which got pretty annoying but its a writing class so whatever. You write 3-4 essays and I personally found the topics to be hard. But he does give good feedback on the essays.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGCR400
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

At the beginning of the semester, he was either late or didnt show up. I should have dropped the class then. I decided to stay because I was very interested in getting feedback in my writing. It is now the end of the semester and he never graded or provided any feedback on any of my papers and no one knows their grade.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENGWR303
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Merson is a solid choice. He gives good feedback on all assignments. Personally, I found the material we wrote about interesting. This class isn't really an easy A but you can take away good things from it.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGWR303
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He cool.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGWR301
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I loved Professor Merson! Out of all my college professors and classes, I can honestly say his was the most engaging I have ever taken! (and that is saying something because it is online!) While there is a lot of homework, reading, and analyzing material, it is all so helpful and worth it!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGW101
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Merson truly cares about his students, but DO NOT plagiarize he will not hesitate to call you out on it.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG301
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

One of the best teachers I have had all time. He is very fair when grading your paper. I had an online course which has a stigma of meaningless face to face time with your teacher but, he is passionate about writing back to you with great constructive criticism with a lot of other videos on youtube he links to you. Allows you to come into his offic

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is way too tough on grading his students papers. When we have drafts in class and we edit each other's it doesn't really help because a lot of people are too lazy about grading other papers.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Even though Professor is adamant about writing style, i.e. proper sentence structure and thesis, he is passionate about teaching you correctly. I must say, even though I personally struggled, I did learn good writing habits.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGWR300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Mr. Merson is an awesome professor. He cares so much about students. He is also very friendly and funny. You need to work honestly and put effort into your work because he can easily tell if you really invest any effort in your homework or not. I'm a second language speaker, but I got an A so you can do it too. Mr. Merson is the best.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Professor Merson is very laid-back and willing to help you as much as he can. Will assign 3 to 4 essays . Do not be afraid he is more than happy to help you , Best advice is to go to his office hours . Super funny and outgoing that I would love to take this class again

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG301
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

One of my all time favorites. He is very thorough, BIG on grammar, and wants his students to do well. Quizzes are easy and although the class can be a lot of work, it is worth it. I learned a lot and he is super responsive to questions and gives good, honest feedback. Take him and what you learn will benefit you for years to come.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGWR101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is easily one of my favorite professors. You can tell he's passionate about what he teaches. He will go out of his way to try to explain things in a way so you can get a better understanding of it. The homework is easy and he hardly gave quizzes. He grades fair on essays but he will even tell you he is particular with grammar. Take Merson!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG300
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Merson is a very harsh grader I recommend not taking him, I honestly didn't learn anything. No matter how much work and effort you put into your work he will not give you a good grade. He sure made me feel like my work was effortless and dumb every time I turned in an essay. He sure is good at dropping your self esteem. He says umm a lot.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGWR101
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Super hard on grading on all of my grading,I had multiple people my self included read my paper to make sure it would be okay, they all gave me feed back and said it was a good paper but once it got to the grader. Well, let's say it wasn't the happiest of times. It's weird how he grades some things and how he goes about teaching his class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGWR101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This professor is the best one you could take for English. He is clear at explaining the lesson, the HW in class is fairly easy and he doesn't give any tests. He has 3 essays and they are interesting to write. Take him and you won't regret.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGWR300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I have been a 4.0 student all of high school and college, but Merson's class was very stressful. He isn't happy with your work unless you right about HIS favored opinions, very open about bringing controversial topics to class and offending students. Seems mellow, but very hard to please. If you can, never take this professor!!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

So glad to take him! He teaches you how to fix your essay in few steps, which are still very helpful for me now! He is willing to help! Work hard and you will be fine.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENGWR300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He's a pretty funny professor, I enjoyed his class. There are 4 essays and a couple of other simple assignments. He gives good feedback on papers. However he is a tough grader, so make sure you reread your final essays for any little mistakes.