Adam Tamashasky - American University

Professor: Adam Tamashasky

Department: TBD

College: American University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: WRTG101
• 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:

PT's been the best writing professor I've had in my entire academic career. The class is completely labor-based, ultimately making the students responsible for their own grades. He offers extra labor options and gives AMAZING critical feedback on all of your work. Decent Amount of Work < QUALITY education. Choosing him was the BEST decision!

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: WRTG101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Don't know why he received the 1 "star" review. Cares about the students in his class, like his children. Realized during quarantine that some stuff was bigger than schoolwork. Read the required material and take good notes for the quiz. Had a lecture based class and, although skeptical initially, was a great choice. Would take again, 100%

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: WRTG100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

such a cool concept of labor-based grading!!!!! He really wants you to learn and not stress over a grade! If you do all the work, you automatically get a B-- if you do a little more work you can get an A really easily. This ensures that you'll grow as a writer by a lot

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: WRTG101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

PT is genuinely the most caring professor I've ever had. He cares not only about ur grades & ur performance in his class, but also about U. His lectures are full of jokes, & he really wants his students' input. It's really discussion heavy, so make sure u do the readings if you actually want to understand. He just wants u to learn as much as u can!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: WRTG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I dont like him at ALL! He is ruthless and will fail you even if you put in the work, he also only listens to feedback from certain students of the class... never liked him never will.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: LIT102
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

PT is a really great guy to take if you are prepared to be engaged and work hard. It certainly won't be an easy A but has made it clear that he is willing to help in any way he can both in his class and regarding the school in general. He's smart and will meet you where you are as long as you put some effort in.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: WRTG100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Incredibly difficult and grades unreasonably harsh considering that it is a 100 level course. Unreasonable expectations for a freshman course, and seems to take pride in n this difficulty. A's are incredibly uncommon, good luck if you attempt this course.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: WRTG100
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Tamashasky is one of the best writing professors I've ever had. His class is solely labor driven, meaning that your grade is certain to be a B if you meet all the labor requirements. Papers don't receive a grade at the end. Class is made of 3 essays and some small assignments. As long as you do the work required, you will be fine!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: WRTG100
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Always made his classes interesting and fun, you never get bored in class. Labor based class so you do need to put in the effort but at the long run it helps you to become better at the material. Would recommend him 100%.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CORE105
• 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 professor and will really challenge your values and ideals. Very quiz heavy, expect to be heavily annotating every reading but honestly it really contributed overall to the quality of the discussions held in class. Very knowledgable and respectable.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: WRTG101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's a really good teacher and pushes you hard to get the grade he believes you can achieve. If you don't do the reading or take notes during class, you'll probably struggle. He's also fun and really cares about his students.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: WRTG100
• 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:

He definitely makes you work for your grade but will improve your writing immensely if you put the effort in.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: WRTG100
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

NO NO! When I took this class, I checked ratemyprofessor, a majority of the people here said he was tough but good just a few semesters ago. All lies. Now I just want to point it out to the freshman and sophomores to watch out. Make sure you check student evaluation on MyAU before you even take this class. Adam is terrible. I didn't learn anything.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: WRTG100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is not good at explaining assignments or the point he is trying to make in his lectures and his assignments are worded in a very obscure way, making them hard to understand. He is an unreasonably harsh grader with subpar feedback. Going to his office hours CAN help but only holds in-person meetings once a week. Lots of boring and long readings.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

his college writing class was easily the most difficult and time consuming class i have taken so far in college but it was 100% worth all of the time and effort put into it. He really cares about his students and keeps classes engaging and interesting. couldn't recommend it more

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: WRTG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I found the class to be very difficult, if you are not ready for pop quizzes and a large amount of work be prepared for a surprise. If you have difficulty going through dense reading daily this class may not be for you. There are also pop quizzes every day.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: WRTG101
• 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:

All right, so sit back and get ready to work. You will not pass unless you try. The course itself is very interesting. I love reading about Lincoln and Darwin, but the professor will quiz you on random words within the chapters. However, the classes are engaging and fun, just pay attention and you'll do fine.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: WRTG101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Tamashasky's class was the hardest class I took my freshman year, but I can say without a doubt that he made me a better writer. I usually just get As on my papers with no real feedback-- Not so with PT. Class was incredibly difficult, but he's a fantastic guy and keeps it engaging. If you want to be a better writer, take Tamashasky.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: WRTG100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Way too high of standards. He expects work from his students that has no errors and is innovative which is almost impossible for freshmen writers. His critiques are not helpful nor clear. A few of his attempts to be funny are actually really offensive. The final exam is when you learn the most and partially makes up for his faults as a professor.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: WRTG101
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Professor T was great but the class was really hard. I took him for college writing 101. He is such a cool and fun person to have as a teacher. His class was very difficult though. You have to read everything he assigns or you will not pass. There is a quiz every class on the reading. Kind of a hard grader but also helps your writing improve.