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Timothy Scherman
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He may not be for everyone, most of the great ones are not. If a student is able to tune into his respective frequency then they will surely realize that he is one of the great ones. |
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Dr. Scherman is by no means an simple prof. and can be somewhat intimidating but that is simply because he does not tolerate slacking. He pushes you with the material and does incorporate class discussion. Tough class but a great instructor. I feel like I have become a better writer because of him. |
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One of the great prof.s I've ever had. intelligent, hillarious, engaging, challenging. He initially seems intimidating, but will bend over backwards to help you out, especially if he respects your work ethic. I love listening to this guy talk, and it's true- he's definitely not bad to look at. |
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Prof. S. is so intelligent and so fascinating that, while I found the subject itself dull, I was still able to listen and learn. Only when he explained the important points of our readings did I fully have an understanding of the material. He's pretty chill too, played Paul Simon for us and referenced The Simpsons, and he is very hillarious. |
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LOTS of reading expected, but very little of it from the textbook--plan to print out pages & pages of source material. difficult grader, but gives useful feedback on papers. He doesn't go out of his was to be approachable. Eight weeks into the semester, I felt like I was floundering, and then it all came together in the last six weeks. |
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LOTS of reading expected, but very little of it from the textbook--plan to print out pages & pages of source material. difficult grader, but gives useful feedback on papers. He doesn't go out of his way to be approachable. Eight weeks into the semester, I felt like I was floundering, and then it all came together in the last six weeks. |
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He gets off on failing people or seeing how many students he can get to drop. If he was half as great of a teacher as he believes, he'd be amazing. Unfortunately, he isn't. It's a shame any NEIU English major will be forced to take Scherman at some point, because prof.s like him are one of NEIU's biggest problems. I got my A...few others will. |
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Intelligent, insightful, unfortunately very full of himself. You will hear him talking about his Ivy League education and scholarly projects often. Aside from that, he sparked fascinating discussions and was reasonably accommodating when I had questions about projects. For our term paper, he gave us topics to choose from, which I found constraining. |
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Possibly the worst teacher I've had. Ever. Period. courses are incoherent. Actually will turn his back and head towards the door if you approach him after class with a question about am incoherent lecture. Hands a syllabus out, then changes it everyday, online, so it becomes tough to plan ahead. Awful. Just plain awful. |
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Yes, this is true! He loves listening to himself "talk" and he never gets a point across! Can you imagine a prof. telling you, "great! You read the book...now forget about what you learned!" On top of it all...he likes to think his views are more important than someone else's book! He just rambles on and on and on...USELESS courses. |
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