Worst techer ever, too high on himself; who cares who he had dinner with? Bo

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worst prof ever. can't say anything good about him.

Egomaniac, doesn't teach what we need to know (e.g. no grammar, sentence structure). Talks about himself too much. Seemed really harsh to T.A.

Uses class as an excuse to talk about himself. Doesn't teach anything, just rambles. "Any quickee questions, my friends?" So irritating.

Plays favourites and his favourite of all is hearing himself talk. Don't take this if you want to learn anything about essay writing, but you'll be an expert on him by the end of the semester!

avoid, avoid, avoid!

Self-promoting, tendency to ramble. The TA even disliked him.

A minor poet with a major ego. The entire class could have been fit into 20 minutes. The rest of the time he just talked about himself! The TA talked a lot but was nice and helpful when approached. He seemed to genuinely like the students.

good thing there was a TA around...otherwise I would have thought the class was All About Cyril 101.

Oh man. the first day of class I was ready to flip. His licking of his lips? wow...so annoying...that teamed with quikee questions and the fact that all I learn is "I have two books coming out...oh my days when I used to work in the government...

Horrible little man. Word on the quickie questions. Once called an Iraqi-Canadian student "My Saddam Friend." Repulsive.

Thank god I know all the essentials already, or else I would not survive. I don't like this prof, at all. WAY too egotistical. I like the TA though.

any quickee questions? inquiries? comments? Yes, you my friend what was your name? Cyril? no that's me. but while we're on the subject-See if you an read my mind I'm thinking of an obscure short story writer that nobody knows about-oh

I dont need to know about all the people he knows..just because you meet someone once doesn't make them "Your Friend".. i actually wanted to learn something, all i got out of the class was a regurgitation of grade 10 high school english class. T

Only talked about himself and the people he 'knows'. when asking questions about Chinese culture, he gets 'vibes' from anyone who looks Asian. The TA didnt even pay attention to what he had to say.

Insufferable. "Saw a book by this person in Chapters" doesn't equal knowing poets. Makes up class as he goes along - mostly "What would my students like to know about ME today?" Reminds me of Gilderoy Lockhart.

This guy may be the worst teacher at U of O. If you want an easy class and don't mind the guy spending 75% of the class just talking about himself, then he may be the prof for you. But if you actually want to learn something, look somewhere else!

On the first day of class, he will waste time by having everybody introduce themselves in a class of 70 people! And it's all downhill from there. Transfer out while you still can! You have been warned!

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best prof i've had. talks about himself and affair w/ maid. playboy subscriber. i learned a lot about myself as a person in his class. when i see him on the street, he's like a celebrity. drives a compact car and often parks in the center of the road. dyes his hair.

does anyone have any quickee questions...inquires...for yours truly. this course should be called "Bibliography of Cyril Dabydeen"...it's that BAD!!!!

Cyril 101 blows. At least he doesn't know what he's doing so you can challenge your marks fairly easily. The class is comatose - don't make eye contact or he might call on you to answer the question "which of my poems do you think is the best?"

i hate him! name drops constantly,is "friends" with everybody, knows ppl in gov't (it's ottawa; so do i!), acts like his class is a commercial for his work, and writes ONLY about guyanese immigrants to cnd (b/c he IS one). he's an awful writer to begin with. nobody has 'quickie questions.'

Once he rambled on about "mooses" (nice one, English teacher) for a while, then stopped himself, said "I almost said 'meese' - how embarassing!" and then continued to talk about "mooses." That says it all.

Run far, far away from this guy. You won't learn anything for three months, then he'll read you one of his "sexy" poems. Then there's an exam. Run!

Personally, I would have liked to have learned some grammar! Look, this guy clearly wants to do as little work as possible. If you don't care about learning anything and want an easy pass, then I recommend him. (I sometimes think he comes here and rates himself - especially that one about him being "mad cool.")

Stay away like he's the plague if you want more than a B or B+. 25% on "participation," so if he knows and likes you you have an A. Doesnt mark essays himself, always TA only, and does not give 90's, which lowers other marks further. Will give a B or C very easily though. Won't learn a thing. One of the most frustrating experiences of my life.

Ol' Cyril just won the Part-Time Professor of the Year Award if you can believe it. Just goes to show how out of touch the administration is with the students. I'd love to know what they based this award upon. The number of hours a teacher can consume with meaningless prattle?

he spends all class talking about himself and on the occasions he actually decides to teach there is no logical order to what he says. this class was tedious to attend and i had to force myself to go as attendance was always taken.

class is always a bizarre experience of endless tangents on top of vague highschool level "lectures" the TA wa hepful and fair and saved my sanity. going to class was painful but almost worth it just to see how wierd it could get

I couldn't understand him at all!!! It was really annoying and I wish I wouldn't have taken the class