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he looks like he should be a nice old man fisherman but he is an evil man

He's a bitter, mean old man and he made me cry. I took the class online - SO hard to keep up. I went to meet with him in person and he was like, why are you here? ****.

His class is painful, I would rather go to the dentist and have teeth pulled than go. He is only interested in his own ideas, and he is bitter and mean.

Teacher is not nice and very grammer strict! I got an A, but I was in the minority. He is also anal about attendence!

I absolutely hated this class. It was so bad I dropped out, would not recommend it to anyone.

WORST PROFESSOR EVER! GET OUT NOW!! The worst decision of my freshman year was taking his class. It does not matter how hard you try if he doesnt like the way you write you wont do good. I am getting A's on 400 level class papers,LUCKY to get a B on his.

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awful don't even want to waste words describing how horrible he is!

HORRIBLE, get out. Hes soo boring and u have to write bout what he wants to hear, ur opinions dont matter, might as well let him make u cry.

TERRIBLE!!! RUN AND SAVE YOUR LIFE!!! He has to be the WORST english teacher I have ever had...very very tough grader or papers that are ridiculous. The research paper is ludicrious and he is obsessed with plagiarism. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.

horrible, mean man! Do not take this class with him.

Worst Teacher ever if you have him for english drop and get a different teacher because you will be bored out of your mind!!!!

He makes inappropriate, rude jokes at the students' expense and doesn't apologize. He even makes fun of students for asking a question if it was already answered, even if the answer was unclear. And with him, the answer is always 100% unclear. Then, after making the joke, he yells at the students for not listening.

He refuses to answer questions in class regarding papers and quizzes and yells at students that try and understand his grading criteria. For the poetic terms quiz, he yelled at about ten people in class when they asked about the definitions expected and refused to give an example of what to put for the quiz. Then everyone failed.

In office hours, I felt uncomfortable, afraid to speak, and like I had no worth as a person. He insulted me, yelled at me for not listening, snapped at me, and told me that my interpretations from class that day (which were given with evidence) were wrong. All I did was ask him to clarify on what his handwriting said.

He needs to understand that poetry can have more than one right answer. He will literally tell every single person in the class that they are wrong and then say "this is what this poet was ACTUALLY trying to say" as if we are all the dumbest people alive. Then, two seconds later he will yell at the class for not participating more.

He is one of the most ignorant people I have ever had the misfortune of being in the same room as. He will ask you your opinion about something and then berate you in front of the entire class if your opinion is not the same as his. Everything about his class is unclear- grading criteria, assignments, class material. Whatever you do, don't take him

Worst online class I've ever taken. Makes the class almost impossible and only gives out C's.

the worst professor i've ever had in my life. for the love of God do not take him. you will regret every second of the semester. he's a pompous ass who only had negative things to say about projects you've spent hours on. NOPE

In the class many of my peers would give excellent responses and actually cared about the subjects. He would ignore or invalidate them and then later in class say that the correct opinion was something that was said earlier without acknowledging that it was already said. He is very intimidating, and doesnt support diverse perspectives/opinions.

DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS WITH THIS PROFESSOR. Penna is by far the WORST professor I have ever had the displeasure of studying under. Regardless of the quality of your work, this man hands out Cs like hes crippin. Elitist who has no regard for you or your work. Save yourself the anxiety and take this course with literally any other professor.

Never sign up for one of this professor's classes if you don't have to. He floods you with work, is unreachable for extra help in anyway, does not teach at all, just uses readings to "teach". He's a ridiculously tough grader, giving most students a B- simply for grammatical errors. Doesn't deserve to be a professor

Take any other professor.... He assigns an insane amount of work and no matter how much effort i put in i dont get a good grade. he's an extremely tough grader and very hard on his students for no reason.

i'm an english student, + i've never been good at math, + i enjoyed my math class more than this course. lectures are painful. when a student comes up w an opinion, the response is "ok, but" or "well" + smacking the opinion down. advice + emails condescending. very tough grader + has 4 grades for whole course. piles of reading. class miserable.

Almost impossible to get an A. No matter how hard you try, he'll never be satisfied. Never really teaches you anything. He just expects that once you read the readings you'll know what to do. And it's a lot of reading and pointless discussions on Canvas. Group projects are a pain since people don't do their part. Avoid him at all cost!

Christopher Penna comes off as a kind and interesting man that has a love for poetry which all may be true. Regardless of this he treats his students poorly and seems like he wants people to do poorly. Other professors in the English Department at UD have also had many poor things to say about his teaching style, specifically his testing.

Please avoid. Extremely unclear "rubrics" on all assignments. Organization is imperative for async courses & he does an awful job. Tough grader for no reason (this is just a 2nd writing requirement). Appears "nice" but does not care about students' learning. Heavy group project work which doesn't make sense since it's async? Avoid avoid avoid avoid

Canvas is a complete mess Grading system is a complete mess Ambiguous feedback Repetitive readings Tough grader Course content is useful, but is overshadowed by Penna's inability to teach and COMPLETE lack of organization on canvas.

Penna is obviously an intelligent guy who is very skilled in his craft. That said, he's very condescending toward his students, and has a knack for making them feel dumb when they raise their hands to contribute toward a discussion. Not a very nice or understanding guy. Wants everyone in the room to know how smart he is.

Penna is smart, but a pompous a-hole. When you try to participate or come up with a thought on your own, 9 times out of 10 he'll tell you that your opinion is wrong to a point where I stopped participating in class because it didn't feel worth my energy. the amount of reading is obscene, there are only like 4 grades, and the midterm is brutal.

classes are boring, homework is repetitive, and will give you vague comments on papers (I got a B- on one and all he said was "Good"). he treats the class like its a 400 level one and wastes class time arguing why his interpretation of poems is the only correct one. i was so excited for this class, but this was a waste of money.

Avoid this professor if possible. He's a tough grader who provides unclear feedback and organization. Though the course content is useful, it's overshadowed by his poor teaching methods. unstuck ai may help with study prep.

Harsh grader

Asynch class but he makes multiple deadlines and assignments weekly that you have to keep up with or you will receive a 0. Tough grader, I don't think it's ever possible to receive an A on the assignment even when you follow the rubric perfectly. The only useful part of this class was making resumes and cover letters

another horrible english professor at ud. his class makes zero sense and u cant figure out anything that he is doing like his instructions and grading he wants us to fail

Follow the rubrics exactly and submit every assignment on time and you will still end the class with a B!