He doesn't seem to prepare for his lectures. He just wings it most of the time and takes up time by laughing at his own jokes and sucking on his finger. (What is that about?)

I was so disappointed by his class. He was unprepared and didn't give clear directions for assignments. He tears apart good papers just because he doesn't agree with the topic or the stance you take on it. And why does he suck on his finger? Really weird guy. . . .

It was difficult to do well in a class where it is unclear what the professor wants and half the time he probably doesn't know either. He was unprepared for lectures regularly and he wasn't willing to work with me. I would advise to avoid his classes.

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DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR! If you have to take an extra english class, don't take him! He is very boring, makes you print hundreds of stories and poems on your own time, makes fun of students constantly, always licks his finger and points, sits on desks right in front with his legs spread, refers to sex all the time! Worst teacher I've ever had!

Avoid this professor. He teaches about things that he doesn't know about.I did not learn anything in his class.

Only show up to class on time. he does not like tardyness. Also come prepared and come everyday.

Teaches 1010 like an English major class and belittles answers. Does not help at all and make students feel like there is nothing they can do to make a good grade and understand the class. Not a good class to get in at all

Had us print 100s of pages of internet. Never discussed any of them. In fact had tons of reading and barely touch on any. Test was horrible. Reflective reading on things we never discussed in class. His teaching style is bizarre to say the least.

Tons of reading, sporadic discussions, and an awful final = the last class I expected an A in. The guy is just full of himself, and is simply too bored to bother teaching, preferring to confuse and annoy his students instead. However, in the end he actually doles out good grades to those who suffered through and tried to make the best of it.

Awful teacher. He rarely touched on materials we were reading. And when he did touch on them it was never clear what he was talking about. He was much too sporadic and didn't seem to have much interest in the subject he was teaching. I love English but he definitely put a damper on my love for this subject.

Condescending, rude, not helpful, and most importantly he doesn't know his own material. Even other professors warned me not to take his class and that should have been a red flag, but unfortunately it wasn't. Avoid this guy, he will ruin a very beautiful and rich period of literature for any student, given adequate opportunity.

did not like his class at all he talks about pointless stuff during class but it is manditory to be in class. poorly and takes forever to give you a score. I handed in a report three times and it still hasnt been graded. I do not recommend this teacher to anyone.

Horrible class. Was bored every time. Discussion was never related to the reading. Got upset if we asked for clarification. Had to rewrite my paper to fit his viewpoint. A waste of my time and money.

Avoid this professor at all costs! His grading is random, and his idea of research is reading the encyclopedia (and this was supposed to be a research methods class). He assigns readings that are never covered in class, and his final is ridiculous: he actually gets angry if you ask what will be on it. I agree with past posts: worst professor ever

Do not take this professor, he is very rude and will not help you when you have a question. He consistently mocks students and also does not follow the material he assigns. Class consists of discussions not related to English in anyway. He threatens to fail you if he doesn't agree with your essays. I wouldn't recomend this professor to anyone.

If you are an English student who is used to having your opinions, this is not the professor for you. If there were an arrogance scale he would hit a 9.5 on a good day.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. This Professor is very rude and refuses to even try to help you. Not only does he mock you in class, he will talk about your grades openly in front of the whole class. If he is the only one teaching a class you need to take, I would STRONGLY recommend to wait until someone else is teaching it. Pick a different Professor!

Why is this guy still teaching? There isn't enough room in this comment box to say everything I'd like to about this professor. He belittles students when they comment, and he turns nasty when they ask questions. I just learned to shut up and not say anything. The only thing I learned from this class came from the reading I did on my own.

He is not very clear on what he wants you to do, and is a hard critic on the multiple essays you write throughout the semester. He is strangely funny and nice, but never seems satisfied with any work turned in. Hard to get a good grade on assignments. Expects you to come into his class knowing everything, he views this class as a refresher course.

This guy refused to grade my paper just because I was texting in his class. That being said I strongly dislike him but there was a day when he literally refused to help 75 percent of the class on the same question. Horrible teacher. Horrible class. I dropped it because I couldn't deal with his unwillingness to clarify assignments.

I have never sat through such an idiotic class. Burrows assigned a LOT of reading, but spent most of the class saying random things and laughing at his own jokes. He is sure full of himself. The final test is made up of questions about very obscure things from the readings. He will shoot you down brutally if he doesn't like your essay topic.

One of the worst, ever. Doesn't have a plan at all, and rambles endlessly. There is no focus to any class we've had. I wouldn't have had to write this, if there weren't so much that was a problem with this teacher. Try to work around this one, you'll be glad you did.

Worst English prfessor at Weber State i'm sure. Verry unhelpful and rude as well.

Not a helpful professor, his lectures were rarely on point and his comments and jokes could be offensive. His requirements for the class were not specific and our grades were based on two papers at the end of the class, so if you did not do well on those, you had no way to fix it. I would recommend against taking this class.

This class was super easy, but you are stressed out the whole semester because he doesn't give you any idea about what your test or paper should be like.

We did a ton of reading and papers, but it turns out he only grades you on the long paper and final exam at the end of the class. The exam is ridiculous--full of obscure references from books and readings. You could do all of the readings and papers and still not pass the final.

Crappy teacher, do yourself a favor and don't take a class by him.

Dr. Burrows is intelligent and knows his material. However, his lectures are hard to follow. He gets easily distracted and gets off course. His grading method is ambiguous, which makes writing papers very difficult. Make sure to meet with him in person if you take this class. This action is essential to get clear feedback and a good grade.

Professor Burrows was below par to say the least. You never really knew what was expected and his quizzes were surprisingly difficult for a 1010 class. Would not recommend.

I transferred out because he did not move at a pace that felt productive. He is a kind and knowledgeable Professor, however I don't operate well when I feel like my time is being wasted. He will ramble your ear off, but immediately jump on any phone he sees in class. I need a professor who is engaging and helps me to get stuff done.

In 3 yrs of school he is the only professor I've had who I didn't like. His teaching style is confusing. If you don't share his opinions in literary analysis, he will mark you down. Even if you can prove your POV. Also, he is condescending. I saw students completely shut down in his class. Being around him made me uncomfortable. He needs to retire.

Lectures were worthless because he could not stay on one topic for more than five minutes. I spent the whole semester listening to his opinion. He had us buy two books that we never read. "Is it an informative or persuasive essay? What specific criteria are you looking for?" "It's both. Just write me a good essay. Any topic." Like, what????????

The course is literary analysis, but he tells you exactly how you're supposed to interpret every little thing. Final exam was graded on how well you are able to figure out what he thought things meant and what you remember him mentioning in class. No room for discussion on different POVs. His way or the highway, and the amount of readings is insane

Taking this during the pandemic has been challenging. He has strong (and uncomfy) opinions and rambles a lot. No wonder the class is 3 hours long. The midterm paper's only instruction was "write about Shakespeare," then he had VERY specific critiques and made people do rewrites. He is also low key creepy. Kept commenting about the women in class.

It's so hard to pay attention to what he is saying, he goes on random tangents all the time. These aren't fun or interesting tangents they are boring tangents that last forever. Also, his grading scale is horrible, I'm a straight A B student and I'm getting a D somehow with flawless papers. Lastly, this dude is a creep around girls, so women beware

Ignores the student's questions and makes a lot of questionable comments. If you can tune him out, you'll just have 2 papers and a test. It's an easy class, but an uncomfortable one if you're a girl.

This class wasn't super hard. He has you buy books to read for class. We only did assignments for one of the books. He is very off-topic during his lectures. If you can avoid this class as your starting class do it! His essays are hard because he grades pretty tough.

Do not waste your time with this professor. His lectures were pointless as he would go on meaningless and often times inappropriate tangents. It was never clear what you were actually supposed to be learning in class that day. He poorly utilizes Canvas, and is a tough grader considering his lack of teaching. I had to drop the class it was that bad.

1. This professor makes women uncomfortable in his class by making creepy comments. 2. I made it a point to do well in class and answered questions all the time. He told me he didnt remember me every single time I went to class (3x per week) and proceeded to call me a question mark for some reason. I walked out of his class in tears. Retire.

I did not benefit from going to his class. He just rambled most of the time. I went to class because he had a policy that we had to turn in a 1 1/2 page essay for each day that we miss. These papers do not give us points, just excuses our absences. He did NOT make an exception for when I had Covid. He brings up inappropriate subjects and is creepy.

He does not work well with students. Attendance is mandatory but we learn nothing in class. Avoid taking his class at all costs.

Long lectures didn't apply to the essays we needed to do in class

Very difficult class, despite it being English 1010 and not a higher level. He doesn't seem all that willing to work with students either and gives vague ambiguous feedback. If taking for a credit, look for an alternative.

Little wiggle room. I missed two days of class due to a vacation that had been arranged beforehand and he told me in plain text that me dropping out would be inevitable. Interesting. Difficult assignments and lots of reading. Year ones beware!

Burrows is one of the worst professors. The main issue I had with him is his obsession with discussing inappropriate themes in books. I understand it's necessary, however it was excessive. We would talk about "c*ckholding" for all of class and then spend five minutes on others. If you have to, keep your head down and don't disagree with him.

Burrows is one of the worst professors. The main issue I had with him is his obsession with discussing inappropriate themes in books. I understand it's necessary, however it was excessive. We would talk about "c*ckholding" for all of class and then spend five minutes on others. If you have to, keep your head down and don't disagree with him.

This professor is very difficult. I did English 2020 and all he did was random detailed pop quizzes. I felt like he didn't teach, instead just expected you to know things. The content for this course was also very disturbing. Do not take!!!!!!

Lectures were extremely uncomfortable due to his excessive tangents on politics and really odd topics. Harsh grader with unclear criteria for essays. Attendance was absolutely mandatory with penalties of half a letter grade. Disregard the syllabus completely- nothing applied to the actual class. Would never recommend.

This class was horrible! Professor Burrows every class would call students by name and have them answer random questions in front of the class. If you answer wrong he often belittled you in front everyone. He made two girls cry in my class. It was very toxic. I always left class feeling horrible from his constant belittling.

Burrows can occasionally give good lectures but often spirals into unrelated and occasionally inappropriate tangents. He also offers students the option of choosing their topic for the four class papers but grades the choice of topic harshly. This can be especially frustrating since the essays will make up most of your grade.

Strict attendance policy. Must complete all work to receive a grade. Lots of homework. Acts like you only have his class.

I had surgery and had to miss class 2 times and he started to question how big the surgery was after I told hid earlier that week before that I would be missing class. He handled the situation very poorly and was rude about the whole thing. He's old and likes to have power where he can.

This class lacked structure and practical writing instruction. Essays came with no clear guidelines, and readings like Assassination Vacation had no real purpose beyond pop quizzes. Tangents and vague expectations left me feeling like I learned nothing useful. Disappointing and not worth the time or cost. One star because he does care.

Dr. Burrows DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO USE CANVAS. He will repeatedly grade assignments 0 until they are graded- dropping class grades by 50 points because your entire grade is based off of 4 different papers. This class is a miserable, boring, hour and a half lecture. I don't know who gave this man more than 50 minutes, but they made a mistake.

Burrows is such a bad professor. He is the toughest grader imaginable, super strict, and disrespectful to students. I watched him pick on a student so badly that they dropped the class. WSU needs to stop being lazy and actually read the reports filed on him and do something about it.