Professor: Tom Simmons
Department: TBD
College: University of Iowa
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: ENGL3420
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Such a wonderful, and pleasant professor. He's extremely intelligent and a truly talented writer. He's very approachable, and humble too. I took this in the summer and we'd read poetry out in the grass on nice days. He's secretly a tough grader, but if sees your dedicated, he'll often go easier. I would definitely take a class with him again!
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: 008164
- 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: Mandatory
Comment:
Absolutely inspiring and kind and wonderful. I get the impression that I could take the same Simmons class each semester and have it be totally different each time based on the questions guiding his soul, and ours, at the time. (If I hadn't taken his class as a graduating senior I'd be taking many more!)
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: MDRNBRITLIT
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Professor Simmons is a very caring, funny man. He tends to go off on tangents and is pretty monotone, but if you actually listen to him he's pretty funny. His only downside is that he is extremely boring. He is very philosophical as well and extremely intelligent. He can tell if you tried on your papers or not and will grade accordingly.
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: ENG062
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof. Simmons is a very intelligent and friendly professor. His classes are very lecture based, sometimes he simply continuously spoke for the entire 75 minutes, so a good attention span is need to do well in his classes. Basic input of paying attention and reading the texts will result in learning a LOT about whatever subject you take from him
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: NONF333
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The best professor at UI. Don't take him if you don't want a wide ride and to learn things you never even imagined.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: ENG076
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Prof. Simmons requires zero busy work, but he is a considerably tough grader. The issue I have with the course is the content. However, if you enjoy metaphysical/theological conversations every class then you will really enjoy his courses. Overall his course is easy, provided you show up and write two extraordinary (very text driven) papers.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: ENG076
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Genius. Incredibly humble and genuinely friendly. Stickler on attendance, though he cancels class often. Unreasonable reading load, but not necessary to do all reading to do well. Enjoys talking to class, enjoys listening to them talk much less (or so the lack of discussion in the class would suggest). Atchd. printed comments to (only) written work
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: ENGLI101
- 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:
Professor Simmons is an incredibly inspiring teacher. He is absolutely brilliant, but humble and encouraging to his students. I feel like he might be a genius.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: TOPIC138
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The most remarkable thing about Tom Simmons is that he is remarkable. And hot.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: ENG106
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Entirely approachable and interested in helping students learn the material. Tough but decent grader of papers. Enthusiastic in-class participation made my grade higher.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: NFICT80
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Incredibly bright guy, really nice, sort of scattered; like he's surprised that you occasionally can't keep up with him. Take non-fiction writing with him, it's awesome.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: INTROTOPOETRY
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Tom is a great, all-around guy. He is the sweetest and most understanding teacher and super brilliant. You basically hang out and eat cookies.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: MULTIPLE
- 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:
delightful, inspiring and an amazing connector of ideas. Who else has their students read 'the prince', shakespeare, critical theory, freud, and more in one class and make it all come together with a great big "bam!" I daresay, no one. Take his classes if you are willing to be introduced to seemingly foreign ideas that are, in fact, innately human.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: ROADLIT
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Incredibly inspiring. Tom's the oddball every English department needs. Being in his class is so comfortable, sometimes you forget that you're in the cold fortress that is EPB.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: AMERICANLIT
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
From Plath to Thompson, Simmons knows his stuff. He is also an accomplished poet and memoirist. He listens to all students and never steps on anybody, although he can play the ten-dollar-word-game with the students who throw it out there. He also encourage
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: NFWRITING
- Grade Received: A+
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: AUTHORS
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
A great guy, cute, sweet, sometimes spaced out but clearly very sharp. Highly recommended.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: FORMS
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
If you like structure, I wouldn't reccommend Tom, but if you like reading books in the grass, go for it. Lots of books, lots of cancelled classes, lots of tangents.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: ENG
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
very cool, very cool
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: AUTHORS
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Great professor, fun classes.
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