Dorothy Deering - Purdue University - West Lafayette, West Lafayette, IN

Professor: Dorothy Deering

Department: English

College: Purdue University - West Lafayette, West Lafayette, IN

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG241
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She lectures every class period, gives insane amounts of homework, makes you write everything by hand (her tests are hand-written essays, one in 15 mins and another in 35, I have blisters), and unannounced writing is common. The class is dull and you have no room for input or your own thought. My advice: regurgitate exactly what she says to pass.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGL258
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She lectures the entire class but none of the information she talks about are things you will be tested on. There are group projects and none of them directly focus on the books we read - instead they are on global issues affecting the countries the books are set in. The class doesn't feel like an English course at all. And the grading is weird.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: 365
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's dull, but the books are interesting. She talks the whole time and it feels like the 1920s class discussion isn't really a thing.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: 241
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

No real feedback, doesn't have any sort of rubric, and feels that she is the only person who is right. She believe all poetry is read the same way; there is only one way to read a poem and only one meaning.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGL258
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Although I got an A-, I don't think her classes as well as her teaching style suit everyone. Like other people said, she doesn't keep clear grading rubrics and will degrade students with unusual reasons. 258 itself is very interesting as a class, but do expect some risks taking it.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGL258
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Awful teacher. She just talks about herself the entire time. She kept failing my group on projects when my group would work hard. She has no rubric of any sort. Gives out grades based on how much she likes you. I can't tell you how many times in class she said "I'm single, never married." I don't recommend her courses.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGL258
• 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:

Her grading rubric is usually unclear. But her 258 section is a rather easy one compared to other classes. We had five research papers from five noble prize works. Hard work is required, honestly speaking, not an easy A

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGL001
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Deering's handwriting is COMPLETELY indecipherable. You MUST agree with her opinions, because she will just shoot yours down. Whatever her grading scale is, it is as changing as the wind. I received a 12/140 points on a TEST, even though she wrote positive comments on sections of my paper. Her homework takes up all of my time. The list goes on...

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGL264
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is very unhelpful. When you try to ask questions, she will just ramble on about irrelevent things that make no sense. She goes off on random tangents, and is very repetitive. Her handwriting is very nearly impossible to read, so even if your question is answered on a quiz, it does not help. I could barely last the month-long the class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGBRIT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I had her for Brit Lit my junior year. Not only did she ruin this semester for me, but I (along with several other students from my class) ended up making an appointment with Dr. Weiser to complain about her. I got two D's and an F on my papers, yet received a C for the semester. Hmmm, wonder how she still has tenure?

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Deering is very unclear on her grading scale. My group and I did the same exact amount of work and got these grades so far, A+, A+, C-, A+. When we received the bad grade she said our research was excellent and our summary was very well written, but we were missing one article. That's it

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She only wants you to regurgitate her opinion. She grades sporadically without a rubric but if you go to her and ask why you didn't do better, then she'll give you more points.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGL235
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Wow. Terrible. She definitely has her opinions, and if you agree with them and reference them you'll do alright, but she's not very open to other view points. Easy extra credit if you have time and money to go to plays, but if not then suck up and agree with her views

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGL365
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I really enjoyed the class and the books we had to read for it. The problem is that, as others have said,she has no grading scale and chooses favorites. If you have to take her class, speak often and suck up as much as possible and you will get an A.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGL258
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

STAY AWAY FROM HER CLASS! She is the worst prof ever. No grading scale whatsoever and had no requirements for her class. Chooses favorites and will grade harshly on others. We did not need to pay the $75.00 for books that she said were MANDATORY! Please avoid her class if at all possible!!!!!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGL267
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Nothing

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG267
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

English majors beware of this Professor!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG267
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Her class was hard. The themes she expected us to know everything for a 200 level class. Horrible class never take her.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGL241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The worst professor I have ever had. For a 200 level class she was way to hard and did not care about opinions. Basically everything people wrote before me is true. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENGL241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She basically was the worst professor I ever had!!! She was arrogant and rude, she never cares about what her students have to say!!! STAY CLEAR FROM HER CLASSES!