Brian Wright - Johnson County Community College

Professor: Brian Wright

Department: TBD

College: Johnson County Community College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: POL135
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Tough course for 100 level. Study guides are insanely long but they do cover a lot of material. If you do them all in one day, it'll take you 7-8 hours. Papers are graded tough and difficult to understand how to connect the articles he has us read in class. Hes helpful and will give feedback on papers before submission. Book isn't easy to find info

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: POL135
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The online class relies heavily on reading - study guides for his tests can be 15-30 pages. Is a tough grader, especially on essays, and gives very little feedback. Instructions on his papers are very vague both on what he wants for content and what he's grading on in general. Won't answer e-mails a good portion of the time.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: POLS122
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Awesome teacher lots of material to cover. Does give extra credit particularly for participation in ModelUN. Will have papers and written exams over several chapters. He gives you solid study guides.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: POL135
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Wright's a great teacher. He really cares about his students success, he will help you with whatever you aren't understanding. I really enjoyed his class. Be ready to learn the material isn't easy.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: POL135
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

While Professor Wright is a great person I'm sure outside of class, He is absolutely an abysmal teacher. We probably had like, 5 meaningful lectures and the rest of the class was just random small talk. Mandatory attendance too so if you're bored good luck passing. Would never take another class from him again. You've been warned.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: POL135
• 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 was very impressed with Professor Wright as a teacher and a person. Very understanding of others situations. One example is when I misread some information and missed a few assignments, and was allowed to retake them without a penalty. Also, he went out of his way to grade one of my assignments during his free time. Great professor.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: POL122
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Amazing professor. Captivating and engaging lectures making an otherwise very abstract course interesting and intellectually stimulating. Really cares about his students' progress and easy to approach/talk with.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: POL122
• 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:

Awful teacher my god. We spent an entire week looking at his Facebook of places hes been. He says that attendance is very important but yet he missed two whole weeks of class. Jesus dont start me on the final, 75 questions on the final review. Maybe 5 of those questions made it to the final. Be prepared for HIS definition of terms and not the boo

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: POL122
• Grade Received: D+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you don't share the same political beliefs as him, he'll give you an extra hard time. Most of the class is just listening to him ramble on about liberal ideas and his trips around the world. His class is extremely difficult and test heavy. He adds things on the test from his own "Dr. Wright's notes" to make sure you know that hes smarter than u

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: POL135
• 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 Wright is a good guy! he is a little tough when it comes to the test. you will need to read and pay attention to everything. you're only allowed 2 absences per semester ( grades on attendance also ) you will receive 50 points extra credit if you miss two or less! he teaches based off stimulations. Test have 5 essay questions you are given

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: POLS135
• Grade Received: D-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Pretty demanding on his papers, considering that all of his teaching material is taken out of quizlet an can't tell the difference between were and where. Will ask you to write your OPINION on something and then give you a bad grade because your point was expressed from your point of view ??? Worst class I've taken in my life.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: POL135
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Wright is awesome and so sweet! For his International Relations course, you complete the study guides and also play games that are helpful for understanding. There are materials on canvas with some helpful videos. He so willing to help you in class and to do well in whatever career you're pursuing. Studying you can get an A.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: POLS135
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He has his Doctorate, so he definitely knows a great deal of information regarding International Relations, but that was not shown in the class. At best, during the 75 minutes for class, 20 minutes of it was used for lecture. At the beginning of the semester, he said that we should depend on the book, not him for information that is on the tests.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: POL135
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Wright's class is not hard to pass. But it is not made clear to you until the very end when he explains the grading procedure a little better. He knows what he is talking about though. Attendance is very important for that class. 200 points are based off making it to class. Also, be prepared to learn a lot on your own by reading the textbook.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: POL135
• 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 didn't think I'd like it, but I ended up enjoying it quite a lot. The teacher is helpful. We emailed quite a bit about the ideas in the course, and he was helpful. Simulations are fun and learned about IR.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: POL122
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Wright is awesome and so sweet! For his Political course, you complete the study guides. There are materials on canvas with some helpful videos. He so willing to help you in class and to do well in whatever career you're pursuing. Studying you can get an A.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: POL122
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

You spend most of your class talking about nothing remotely relevant to what is actually on the test. He seems to be knowledgeable but is maybe the most boring lecturer I've ever witnessed. He also has no grading rubric and often just gives whatever grade he feels like on test essay questions with no reason.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: POL122
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

There is a lot of papers you have to write and if you want a good grade you better love reading because thats the only way you're going to learn about the essay topics. The tests are really hard even if you do the study guide. His lectures are just facebook pictures of his past vacations and he gets off topic really quick.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: POL122
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. wright is absolutely amazing! Honestly, if you do the homework for each section and listen to the lecture while taking notes, you will be fine. I also took POLS 124 with him and he does use the same teaching methods. Trust me, pick him!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: POL122
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

not cool dude; very boring and doesn't give good feedback