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This is the absolute worst instructor I have had at Century College. He teaches to a few students in the class, which he's had in the past, making no eye contact with the rest. His lectures are really boring along with the class material. The book is dry and boring.

accidentally gave him 2's... was supposed to be 1's... wish it could be zeros

This guy is not helpful at all, and if you have a question don?t bother because he will be so condescending when he talks to you that you might just lose your cool.

I do not recommend Brian. His final took me 8 hours to complete, but he found in unnecessary to give his students a heads up. (I had to call into work.) Also, its an online course, but almost all of the extra credit is on campus- I live 4 hours away, what?! You can't question his teaching or beliefs or you will be reprimanded. Terrible professor.

This is probably one of the most frustrating class's I have ever taken. He is a VERY strict grader that docks you points for EVERY little thing. I would say unless you plan to go into writing as your major and want a challenge than don't take his class. Essays are long and resources are rather restricted. Be prepared to read a lot and write A LOT!

His way or no one's way.

First time reading the criteria and I thought I understood. But then I would receive a graded paper and behold! Every single mistake no matter how small was like a mortal wound on the grade. In an E-mail I had sent begging for help he told me "I wouldn't even bother attempting the final." Instead of TRYING in any way too see that every point counts

Not good with guidelines. Won't accept anything , won't take "no" for answer.

Well, it's against RMP rules to say a prof shows bias. What I can tell you as a grown adult that otherwise has exceptional grades, however, is good luck in your continued search for classes. I was really happy with Villegas and Jones, because of how professional they were in grading students.

I know what goes into getting good grades in hard classes, and I sincerely question the C grades he gave me. When I went in to talk to him about it, I got talked to like a teenager even though I'm about the same age as him. People here have had positive experiences though. Thus I warn you they might be just as right as I am in saying he's bad news!

He is extremely condescending and treats you like he is your lesser. The way requirements for his papers are radically different then how he grades them.

Mileage may vary with Brian... you talk to people, and get the impression that it's as if you have a different prof than others. Brian grades the way he sees fit. So, warning: you're taking an academic risk investing time in any of his courses. I feel like there is a lot for me to frown about his grading... it's not rigorous-- it's something else.

I took his class in WGS. the class itself was good, however the way he taught it was not helpful. I felt that I was taking two classes at the same time. we wrote papers and he was really picky if you did not follow the rules as he said it. Brian will not really appreciate if you work hard.

The curriculum does not surround composition at all. He made it about other cultures and talks about his trip to China/how cultured he thinks he is anytime he gets the chance. Your papers are not graded on grammar, punctuation, structure or formatting. They are graded on if he feels that you answer his vague prompt with a "cultural" perspective.

Mr. Lewis takes his job seriously and is very rigid in his grading. To be fair, he is very clear on what he's looking for which makes him the toughest grader I've had to date. He does not hesitate to knock off an unreasonable amount of points if you simply miss a comma, but if you figure out what he likes it is possible to get an A. Good luck!

He is a very rigid grader. He once said to me that no one gets a hundred percent in the class and then procede to take off eleven points on the first paper because I had three sentence fragments. He CONSTANTLY talks about china and its his way or the highway.

Brian has no respect for any of his students and treats them as if they are all in high school. If you make a suggestion to him about changing something you are confused about, he will immediately shoot you down. I am pretty sure that he grades based on how much he likes you. He is a horrible teacher and I frequently question his sanity.

The entire class is a confusing mess, the professor is often vague with unclear instructions and requirements for papers that are absurd. The textbook TSIS is a mess of bad suggestions that are baffling, with entire chapters meandering about nonsense. Essays and quizzes are also dropped with little explanation while discussions are meaningless.

Gives very vague instructions and then gives bad grades for not meeting his expectations. Requires that everyone uses discussion boards. Attempted to give me a lower grade because I didn't respond to enough discussion boards, but none of my classmates posted discussions to respond to. Would not recommend.

There were 4 essays focused on cultural issues that require a lot of research from hard-to-use database sources. One was on the election. He graded my essay based off of his opinion (I received a D). Assignments were time-consuming. He responded promptly to emails which was helpful but overall, would not recommend his class...

The 5 essays for the course are on controversial social issues. Things seemed to be one sided at times. Grading is extremely tough. For example I took another class where over the course of 8 papers I missed a total of 4 points, not claiming to be a great writer but I'm decent. However in this class the highest grade I got on a paper was a 72%

He made a huge deal out of things when you got questions wrong and acted like you were stupid. Unclear grading rubrics and would tell you your essay was good only to give you a poor grade. Does offer essay corrections but overall do not take a class with him, especially if you don't like being passive-aggressively yelled at.

Hes by far one of the most challenging teachers Ive had. Hes overall not very nice. He called me around 8pm to yell at me and has made me cry multiple times. He says he likes your essay and then gives you a bad grade. Hes very judgmental and isnt very kind while he teaches. He was even rude to a guest speaker. He does offer extra credit tho

Will make you feel stupid for asking questions. Is not clear about what he wants in a paper. Grades based off of his opinions not educational based. He should not be a comp teacher. A comp class should not be this hard. Essays topics are weird and stupid. He is the hardest grader Ive ever had and probably will ever have. Do not take his class

Brian was very specific about everything but wouldnt ever out right tell you what he wanted. Also very prone to humiliating students when they dont know the answer, will stop class for up to five minutes waiting for the answer he wants from a student. Gets mad when you dont understand or when you have questions.

Horrible teaching style, not nice at all to students. He definitely favors certain people. Threatens to kick you out of class for just about anything. Sadly was stuck with him even though I signed up for another teacher. Would not recommend anyone having to deal with him.

The worst professor you can ever take a class with. Harshly grades papers. I went to the writing center to see what I am doing wrong. They said they would grade my paper and A grade. I would highly suggest getting a different professor. If all professor isn't available, don't even use him as a last resort.

Looks for a specific answer when interpreting Literature when everyone should be allowed to interpret it the way they see it.

Brian Lewis is one of the worst professors/teachers Ive ever had. Very rude and passive aggressive towards fellow classmates, constantly interrupted group discussions and barley let anyone talk. Very harsh grader and Only looks for the answers he wants to hear, he would even stop class until he hears it. Do not take any of his courses.

Pedagogically one of the weakest literary instructors I have encountered. Passive aggressive, not actually knowledgeable and boring lectures. Has no sense of pacing or that other ideas besides his exist. I got points taken off for not being mean enough in discussions.Avoid because I want you to love literature and this person will kill it.

He is incredibly difficult to work with. When people warned me not to take him I should have listened because he is not a reliable person at all! He doesn't like it when you agree with others in discussion boards and will give you a C on it. He thinks he's superior to everyone. DO NOT TAKE HIM! This is the first B I received in College.

Brian is condescending and argumentative. He has to have the last word and will actively take away from students' time to do the work he gives every class period. He is very particular about what he thinks is good writing; if you don't do exactly what he wants, you will fail. A C is average and if you care about your GPA he is not for you.

Absolute worst professor I have ever had. Will NEVER take any class with him again. Incredibly rude, passive aggressive and unwilling to help you or hear your side of anything. Extremely harsh and argumentative especially in discussions. felt very uncomfortable going to him to ask questions or get help. Very confusing and vague expectations.

Mr. Lewis is a very strict grader who treats his students like high schoolers. He forces his students to go to the writing center for 50 minutes a week and is very mean to students. Today we worked on an in-class writing assignment, and he was nitpicking our essay. After he looked at everyone's essay, he got angry and started yelling at everyone.

He is too precise with grading, one small error and he'll bring your entire grade down. For ex, on discussion work you'll get a 0 if you don't do a self assessment, that is basically a SURVEY! Instead of grading the completed work, he only grades if you do one small survey that serves no purpose to the course.

The assignments aren't difficult, but it is the professor that is!!! His syllabus considers late work, but when I emailed him he denied any late work. This course was taken in the summer, so the workload can be excused but the grading and requirements are the issue. Also, his materials aren't organized on d2l, they aren't placed together.

Don't enroll in any courses taught by Brian Lewis. Has an attitude, is disrespectful, and believes he's correct. If you don't take the self-assessment quiz, he will fail you and give you no credit for the discussions you already completed. His feed's announcements, syllabus incredibly outdated. Latework results in zero, Nomakeups, Hasanattitude.

The announcements and curriculum on his class feed are severely outdated. because he frequently announces dates that are not in the current year. When you email him about this error, he responds with a negative attitude. He gave me a failing score for one of his modules because he claims I viewed half, not 80% of the discussions. Very disrespectful

Was a horrible professor. Was my first year doing PSEO and was unfamiliar with the whole college thing. He was very unhelpful and tore into all of my writing's kind of like a high school bully. Said they were all horrible and that I'm not working hard enough when I was putting in countless hours into his ONE CLASS.

Do NOT take this guy's course. I just hopped off a "mandatory Zoom meeting" with him to look over my essay and he not only tore into how bad my essay was (didn't give me any credit for the extremely hard work I put into it) but he proceeded to tell me that this Zoom meeting was a waste of his time. He's so pretentious and snarky.

Mr. Lewis is by far the worst teacher I have ever had. Not only did he care about participation more than the essays we wrote, but he also made us read 80% of others' work and respond to two others. During the required Zoom meetings, he would rave to me about "how good I am at writing" but then gave me at most an 80% on an essay I submitted.

I want other students to know they should avoid this class at all costs. He assigns a lot of papers and of all the ones Ive done so far, Ive gotten a C- and the only comments are about punctuation and grammar and not on the actual content of the essay itself. Take Creative Writing with literally anyone else.

I have nothing good to say about Brian Lewis. He teaches you one thing and then you do that thing and he finds a million other nitpicks about what you did and then barely passes you.

Super passive-aggressive, doesn't give out As.

I'm not someone who gets upset when a course is challenging, but this class was simply frustrating. The content wasn't necessarily hard, but there's LOT of assignments.The professor grades VERY hard on essays and doesn't give good feedback unless you ask extremely specific, clear questions.He was also disrespectful and talked down to me.Don't take.

Grading is not done well. I had a hard time with some assignments and the feedback was not the best either. There was a book we had to read for some assignments and in my opinion it was very inappropriate due to graphic images in the book. I also had a hard time getting conferences scheduled due to open slots. I work full time and it got tough.

The absolute worst teacher I've ever had the displeasure of having. For starters, his grading policies are so unclear. There is not objective way he grades. It's all based on what he feels like. The assignments are organized in the worst way possible. If anyone is reading this, please don't take him as a teacher for any reason. Trust me.

Brian is someone who is way too obsessed with his work life. He will pick apart and ridicule every piece of the work you do. You aren't given any grace and you will be expected to be perfect. Also the kind of professor to say that if you do good work you'll get a C because that's "meeting expectations" Do not recommend

Brian was THE worst professor I've ever had for a course.. I chose the online course. You have to post 2 discussions each week and it ends with a quiz. He expects you to read every single reply. (Around 80 per discussion) he also yelled at a fellow co worker of mine and has a “aggressive customer” on his name. Now I know why.