Intelligent individual.

Dr. Obertino is uncompromising and challenging, which is an admirable and a rare quality in a professor. He actually expects you to think.

Must have critical thinking skills to take his class. Quite a bit of reading, but this IS college, right? Dry sense of humor, and appreciates comments. Get a dictionary, if you don't already have one... He expects you to learn...

lots of reading, lots of quizzes.

Many dont like him, but I do. Challenging but fair. Must read the assignments,

learned a lot.

Thought he was too hard at first; learned a lot becuase of high standards and he knows a lot about a lot of thigns that he relates to lit.

Definitely learned alot. Challenges lots of popular ideas.

Dr. O rocks!

Critical thinking skills useful in this class. Learned a lot about literature and its relationship to politics today.

Excellent professor; excellent course!

Im' looking froward to taking another course from him!

Likeable and knows a lot.

He is t he liberal professor my dad warned me about.

One of the professors who really helped me prepare for grad school.

The pressure is definitely on in this class from the first day to the end.

I have had a crush on him ever since I took a course with him. If it were possible, I would marry him and bear his children.

How about you (below) get a life. Obertino teaches English, not movies. Your supposed to read. I'm sick of people complaining about teachers who assign homework. Pathetic. Obertino is really smart and cares about his subject. He assigns reading because that's his job. I did my job in his class and read the assigments. And I did OK

I learned a lot in this class. There is a lot of reading and a lot of information. And he didn't spoon feed us, but there are review sessions to ask questions. New agey yes and often relates something in what we read to current events.This class is not an easy A, but an A that I got because I worked for it.

My only complant about him is that he includes his opinions. I didn't pay to take this class to hear about how you feel about Bush, or the war. However, the class will teach you alot, and I would reccommend it for everyone.

Though a little rough around the edges. I trully believe he is just tryign to scare people out of his class. He seems intimidating, but he's smart and will prepare you for the real college experience. this is high school anymore, so everyone needs to grow up.

Love the way he relates what we're reading to what is happening in the world.

I took (Brit lit) "Obe" 1n 1998. I have taught now for the last 6yrs and now on the college level. I must say I model my presentations and lectures after Obe (not as strict) and my students learn so much. I am glad Obe was hard on us and made us see the difference between "Tragic Flaw" and Hamartia. He was very helpful and a fantastic teacher.

Godamn hard but goddamn good. Learned a lot in his course.

Being a nontraditional student who has had some real problems to deal with, I am amazed at the people who talk about scarey and hard. Try the real world folks. Learned a lot in the class, partly because there are so many pop quizzes, partly because Dr O knows his stuff.

I didn't think I would like this course, but it turned out that I did. Lots of humor (very dry) and fun reading the plays.

This guy really knows how to teach poetry. I never thought I would like poetry, but now I do.

this dude is awesome

He is one of the only teachers at Central who fits my idea of a college professor.

very challenging course

Far out class. We talked about alot of weird stuff. Tough grading though. You definitely have to work to do OK.

Finally found a course at Central that put the hurt on me and made me study. But like the coach said, more pain, more gain. Great sense of humor.

Awesome knowledge of literature and history. Jokes, but on the whole pretty formal. If you keep up with the reading, grading is not bad.

WHOA DUDE! I barely kept my 3.00.

Thought he was too hard, but now that I am grad school, I see that grad school is a lot harder than the O.

I loved the class. No I didn't make an A but the B i got made me proud. He's the first teacher that made me study.

******* hard and ******* brilliant. This is one of the few courses I am glad I took.

Tried to switch this class because I knew how hard he was. Had perfect attendance and read every story/every assignment, and still only got a B. (My first one ever in English) In the end I learned a lot about literature, and the fact that he can clean out a classroom by midterm.

Definitely doesnt teach to the lowest denomenator. He's brilliant and hilarious if you enjoy dark humor. His class is challenging and what I expected college to be like. Liked the way he related literature to Greek and Roman culture.

Loved this class! Read a lot and learned a lot from that and lectures. Plus, he allowed us to bring food to class, a big advantage for me bec I didn't usually have time for breakfast. The extra credit worked different from what anothr guy wrote. Plus ten if right, minus five if wrong.

Awesome dude!

This couse really challenged me. The ancient writers kinda grow on you though, and Dr O is good at comparing what they were writing about with what's going on now in the US. Really p***d off a Bush supporter next to me. great sense of dry humor.

cool, cool, so very cool.

Dr. O is a very knowledgable man, and talks about writers in ways that relate them to what's going on today. Attendance is not mandatory, but there so many surprise quizzes that attendance is a must.

It's death if you plagairize. Not worth the risk.

Love hearing people complain about how hard college is. After two tours in Iraq, they don't know how good they've got it.

Probably the best teacher at UCM. Yes he will mark you down on things that may seem minor to you. But it has been about 10 years since I have had the privilege of having him as a teacher. They key is...make him laugh. I know this seems to go against his somber appearance. However, If you make him laugh you will have a great semester.Good guy

I learned more about critical thinking from the two courses I took from him than from all my other college courses combined.

He is generally a good guy. Most people don't get his very dry sense of humor.

Many people told me not take him, but I would recommend him because he makes you put effort and thought into your work and you actually leave with knowledge. That does not happen with many of the instructors Ihave had here.

I really liked the way he related what happened in olden times to what's going on today. Group work very helpful too.

It's been 8-10 years since I took this class; of my non-major profs, he is 1 of only 2 I distinctly remember. Hard? Yes. Make you think? Yup. I played devils advocate, fought back respectfully, & actually understood his humor. I think that helped, but this was still the hardest non-science class I have EVER taken. Make him respect you.

This was the only class I looked forward to this semester. But the Greek stuff got kind of old.

This was the only class I looked forward to this semester. But the Greek stuff got kind of old.

I am in World. I took about ten quizzes, got mostly As and Bs. The only definitions were extracredit. Yeah, this was a tough class. But I got As on my exams and I expect to get an A tomorrow. O challenged me and I succeeded.

I am in World. I took about ten quizzes, got mostly As and Bs. The only definitions were extracredit. Yeah, this was a tough class. But I got As on my exams and I expect to get an A tomorrow. .

I don't like long works of writing, but he made them interesting by talking about things going on today. I improved my writing in this course. Tutorials were very helpful.

He is very smart man. The course was interesting but not easy. He does not spoon feed. A lot of reading.

We talked about a lot of cool things. Made me think.

Very intelligent and intriguing, but also difficult. I feel alot of favoritism towards students he already knew.

The prose part of the course was boring. The poetry is hard but he knows how to make it easy to understand. Group discussions were a good way to learn too.

He gave so much extra info on social, cultural, etc to what we read. He related what we were learning to current events too. A lot of reading, but most of it good

I think the integration of literature and writing helped me a more effective writers. Tutorials extremely helpful because we were advised in a one on one fashion.

The poetry section helped me expand my thinking abilities for when we had to write critical thinking papers later in the course. Direct feedback in conferences was very helpful.

The most outstanding teacher I've ever experienced. He's brilliant and provides so much background to all of the reading. His paper tutorials really helped me with my writing. I feel privileged to have him as a prof.

A little scary at times--high standards. But a sense of humor too. Hard grader but he knows his stuff.

This teacher is amazing. The class is tough, but only if you are used to slacking off. People say he is not helpful, but that is because students are used to having teachers do a lot of the work for them. He cautions students about the work load because slackers won't want to take it. He is considerate like that. He is funny and has strong opinions

Dr. Obertino was one of my favorite professors. The comments about his dry sense of humor and strong political opinions are accurate. If you are a more conservative person, fear not. I got along just fine with him and did well in the class; If you read all the materials and show a genuine interest in class discussion, you'll be fine.

Dr. Obertino has a bad reputation because students aren't willing to work for their grades in his class. Being an English major helps because he definitely grades tough, but coming out of that class with an A felt like I really deserved it.

Dr. Obertino is a hard man to like but his heart is in the right place. He tries to be 'funny' and usually just comes across as awkward. If you're lazy then don't take this class. If you actually want to learn something, then I highly recommend him.

Wonderful Teacher. You have to read a lot, but it's worth it because you learn so much about the literature, but you also learn how it applies historically and to our modern world. Obertino really knows his stuff, and he always makes the class laugh. He gives a lot of extra credit, which really helps.

He's a different kind of instructor. He makes you really work for the grade and grades harshly. He analyzes poems the first half of the semester, and gives quizzes on short stories the second half of the semester. You also get a week of tutorials after writing an in-class paper which happens every 3 weeks. Tries to be funny, but kinda awkward..

He is a tough grader and expects a lot out of you but if you read everything you are supposed to read and show up to class you'll get an A and his Final is the easiest final I've ever taken

Dr. Obertino is extremely knowledgeable. He is a tough grader, and is particularly strict with this survey classes. He is, however very helpful and knows a lot about the subject. He also likes to bring pictures of cute animals before tests to give you a little morale-boost. I would recommend him to anyone who actually wants to learn.