Robert Mooney - Washington College, Chestertown, MD

Professor: Robert Mooney

Department: English

College: Washington College, Chestertown, MD

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG103
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Mooney is the best. His class helped me become a better writer, and I found my love of poetry there. I still go to him during office hours for advice with my work.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG103
• 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:

While Mooney himself can be quite long-winded and pretentious, you will learn a LOT in his class. He has this bad habit of taking the things you say out of context or repeating what you say (in a much much longer way) right after you say it. But his intentions are good, as is his class. Also, he looses papers sometimes. Overall good teacher.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG220
• 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:

His classes tend to consist strictly of lecture, but don't think that that means he's not open to discussion! He's full of knowledge within his subject area and is eager to share it. He doesn't use powerpoints, and goes with the general flow of the class. It can be hard to concentrate on over an hour of solid talking, however, but coffee helps.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG394
• 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:

Mooney is a brilliant professor and is inspirational in every class he teaches. He can be a little bit of tough grader until you understand what he expects, but overall he is instrumental in expanding interest in and forcing deep consideration of literature. His name-dropping is actually a mark of his expansive knowledge, in my opinion.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG394
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Fantastic teacher. Reminds you of learning by sitting at the fireside and listening to your grandfather/father. Very intelligent. I didn't see any pretentiousness or name dropping. He's also very kind and fair, and has a sense of humor.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG220
• 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:

Mooney can come off long winded and like a name dropper, but if you're serious about English you'll love him. He's extremely kind, understanding, overlooks skipping/late work and quiet classmates. He's extremely approachable and very insightful. You won't like him if you can't write.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CRW101
• 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:

I've had Mooney for two classes so far and I loved them both. He's a very insightful person and a great teacher who is always presenting different ways to look at a situation. If you're not an English person he could seem pretentious but if you understand where he's coming from you'll realize he's just very well read and genuinely enjoys his work.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CRW10
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If Mooney stopped name-dropping for a minute and actually was in his office/had office hours to speak of, I might feel like he cared.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG103
• 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:

I find him to be very helpful and pleasant - not pretentious - and I'm taking an intro-level course. I look forward to taking more classes from him and working with him in the future.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: FICTION
• 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:

If he stopped lecturing for a second, the world might explode.

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Very interesting guy. I don't understand where people are getting pretension. Does his job well and is an asset to the WAC comunity.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: GRADPOETRY
• 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:

I missed the pretension part. It must be young students who feel this. He is a professor, what do you want? He knows his material and makes it interesting. He has a pleasant personality and is fair. The poet meetings are excellent. I rate him a very good teacher.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG39410
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Really fun course-- you get to meet all kinds of great authors and have great discussions.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG490
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I agree, he is pretentious, but I've had him for a bunch of classes now, and he does grow on you. He's best at the workshop classes- those were extremely helpful, and his other classes aren't bad either.

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

It took 3 classes with Mooney to finally understand/like him. Once you get past the pretension, he's pretty swell. I can't really blame him for hating having to teach/read frosh creative writing. Basically, wait 'til you're older, he'll grow on you.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG409
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

allows student discussions to turn into personal rants, puts you on the spot very often, but is very helpful with papers, and teaches you important literary themes

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG
• 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:

it hurts just to think of his class

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Loves the sound of his own voice, but still a nice guy