James Pacchioli - Santa Monica College

Professor: James Pacchioli

Department: TBD

College: Santa Monica College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG2
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Here is the thing, if you want to improve your ability of understand English Literature, you should definitely take him. He is not an easy A Proffesor, sometimes grading is hard because he wants you to try your best. At the end of semester you will realize that youve discovered something on yourself such as passion to read poems!!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG2
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Well, he is not an easy Proffesor but it makes his class special, he is so so professional in his major. I was a person who doesnt like to read poems and plays but even Im so thankful to him. His oratory and relationship with students is amazing. He gives good feedbacks for the essays, which will be highly effective on your next essay!!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG1
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Was very hard to get exactly what he wants, very hard grader for very small details, and was rude when giving feedback. I advice choosing someone else someone who isn't so paper heavy and grades extra hard.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG1
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You're gonna have to try if you want to impress him with your essays, as I noticed my grades were always 1 letter grade worse if I wrote them during an all nighter rather than over more than one session. That's a good thing, though, because he had a good way of making you feel like you wanted to improve due to his charming personality.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

professor pacchioli is a gem. super sarcastic sense of humor which i (personally) appreciate. I took ap and honors english in high school, then enrolled straight into his class my first year. class consists of reading and discussion (usually him just lecturing) with the occasional pop quiz. make sure to be on time to class because he'll notice.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG1
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His great sense of humor allows students to feel comfortable participating in class discussions! I learned a lot from this class and I'm very grateful for the opportunity to learn from Professor Pacchiolo ! He provides a criteria with clear and specific requirements needed in order to receive credit on essays. Participation highly recommended

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Pacchiolo, an informed and knowledgable individual who's lectures made it easy to understand complicated context from the books we read. 2 books assigned required critical thinking but interesting. Taking this class was such a great experience. He is very helpful and available during office hours for any help or questions. Great Guy!

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG07
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Pacchioli is a gem. He has a specific structure in grading essays. He gives exams, you really need to critically read in order to pass. The final for his class a 2 part essay exam. His class consists of him and students discussing about an author and their writings. And he is always there to help!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG7
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I loved him! He is so kind and helpful and sweet. He gave great notes on our essays and always offered up his time to help us improve. I'm so glad I took him. There is a lot of reading involved, but class discussions are probably more important as those are what he bases the quizzes on. He's so funny too! Always cracking jokes! I recommend 100%!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH1
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's a very difficult grader and it's hard to get even a B on some of his papers. He relies a lot on awkward, wacky humor. He picks fairly interesting books. I would recommend going to his office hours before and after every paper to figure out what exactly he wants.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG1
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great proffesor. Extremely tough grader and will make you work extremely hard for an A but you will learn a lot if you put in the effort. The essays aren't super long but he will be extremely critical of punctuation and sentence structure. Make sure to go to his office hours, he will help as best he can.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG6
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I owe this man a thank you! I was such a terrible test taker but the essays, attendance, and presentations helped me a lot. I passed with a B. He is hilarious. Yes you have to read a lot but this class was very amusing! Thank you!!!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Clear interesting lectures. Funny and entertaining personalities with good book choices. Very strict grader when it comes to the papers.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I enjoyed Mr. Pacchioli's English 2 class. The discussions in class about the literature were interesting and original. I enjoyed attending and would recommend this class.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG2
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I was laughing out loud every single class. He was entertaining and provided many ah-ha moments that created a much deeper level of understands. Very light on reading considering it is a literature class. As long as you run your thesis/essay structure by him, you will do well on essays . As long as you put in the effort, you're good.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG01
• 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:

Really helpful and gives clear expectations of students throughout the semester

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG1
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I took Prof. Pacchioli for Eng 1 and he is by far the best english instructor I've ever had. He was extremely clear on what he expects in your essays. The texts we had to read were interesting, thought-provoking, and useful. Additionally, he respects and values his students points of view which I found refreshing. Truly inspiring instructor.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGL7
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Pacchioli is a tough grader but is not unreasonable. He is a high caliber instructor that does a great job of going deeper int o the readings. I found myself very interested in each class discussion, and I would take him again! His analysis essays were definitely challenging, but fun as it improved my analytical skills!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This teacher is AMAZING, the best teacher Ive ever had. He's hilarious and makes you really wanna learn the subject. I have learned so much thanks to just attending his classes. A+++

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG7
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This man is such a sweetheart! He is passionate about what he does and makes the class interesting. This course is not only good for English majors but also for political science and American history buffs. Pacchioli really gives his students a sense of each writer and time period he covers. He breaks everything down simply and tells amazing jokes.