Barrett is someone you love to listen to. He is a very intelligent man who I learned a lot from. He challenges you to make you think. I took 3 classes with him at ESU before he went to Bloom to teach.

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He is a great teacher, I love attending his classes, I have learned a lot from him and his teaching, he is very laid back and very helpful.

Enjoyable class- lots of humor! He facilitates many friendships within the classroom. And not to mention, he gives out mega extra credit through games like Jeopardy. He also enhanced my creative writing skills.

John Barrett is probably going to be the best professor i will have at Bloomsburg. He's a good man.

What an awesome teacher. He is the best teacher I have had at Bloomsburg or maybe even school in general. If you want to learn and get an easy grade take Barrett

EXCELLENT teacher!! Very enthusiastic and full of energy. Loves to hear opinions and gets a kick out of them. Papers aren't too hard (it IS a writing class, after all). Got an A and didn't do much for it.

The best profesor i've ever had. Very funny, hip, very intelligent guy. The assignments kept me interested and he makes everything fun. Gives tons of extra credit too.

Mr. Barrett is an excellent professor. He is very helpful and he gives out a lot of extra credit. He gives you a lot of work and one very hard essay but he helps you a lot. I think he is by far one of the best professors I have had. I recommend him to anyone!

This is the best professor i ever had in bloomsburg University.

he was a good teacher and he helped us a lot during the semester

I love this professor. he was my favorite on this campus and i am a transfer student. Absolutely recommend him for any class he teaches.

He is a great professor. He is very helpful. There are a lot of papers to work on throughout the semester. He also gives extra credit. I got an A in the class. So, if you work hard, you should be able to get a really good grade! I really hope I will have him in other classes!

He was very nice, always was there if you needed help.

Wonderful prof. Great person. Very helpful and clear. Taught me more about writing creatively in three months than I would have ever expected.

I loved professor Barrett as a teacher. He was very helpful and an amazing instructor. I would recommend everyone take him for english.

The class is very laid back and he isn't afraid to joke around with the students. Also if you take his class you better Facebook him because he checks.

He is a nice teacher but he makes girls cry a lot even tough he is very helpful with conversations. Also he is a hotty! that will look at u eyes so u can enjoy his influence...

Mr. Barrett is a great teacher. Very helpful. He wants you to succeed and will do everything in his power to help you do so. I feel he is the best professor on campus. I wish I could take every class with him. If you get the chance def. take him. I had him for an 8AM class...He made waking up worth it.

very nice guy, gives 3 essays throughout the semester. you can re-do these essays as many times you want and he'll return them w/ comments to improve your grade. the literature he uses is actually interesting, comic books etc. Gives alot of extra credit and class is graded on personal improvement. At one point every student will read 1 of ur esssay

He is a fun professor. Very energetic. Good class. You learn a lot. CLASS IS MANDATORY. There are 3 essays but you can revise them a lot. You can basically determine your own grade. But go to class and pay attention.

Great Prof.. Extremely helpful. Class is easy, you get to revise papers. Would totally recommend and take as many times as you can. Best prof at bloom prob

He is a great professor! He will go out of his way to help you, you are able to redo your paper to pull up your grade, he is extremly funny

You get to revise the papers as many times as you want. The quizzes are hard but he doesn't really grade them. If you do the work assigned you will do fine

this guy knows his stuff. into to creative writing was a lot more interesting than i thought it would be. you'll learn a lot, but you'll do a lot of work too.

He expected ALOT. Thought he was not very clear when grading papers and barely gave any time to revise your papers.

LOVE this professor. Very upbeat and great class to take. It's not an easy A, but definitely a class worth taking. We did a graphic novels course and it was very exciting to read and go to class. Expects a lot for tests, quizzes & papers but its not too much to handle. Much easier then other Lit classes I've taken in the past.

easy if you do the work and follow his guidelines

Nice guy, but was extremely irritating during class discussions. Any time you would bring up a point, he'd dismiss it immediately and remind us why he was right and we were wrong. He was very snobby in that regard. Wouldn't recommend him.

Very good professor. I recommend taking his class. Uses 3 books and topics are very interesting. He is very helpful as long as your putting in the effort to get the help.

GREAT professor. One of my favorite at Bloomsburg. He picks apart your writing but it is definitely beneficial. I recommend him to everyone for composition courses!

Great professor. Make sure you go to class. He focuses on your actual writing, not grammar. Books are very interesting. A lot of work in the class for an 100 level, but it is well worth it. You learn a lot. Do all the work and go see him for help if you need it and you'll get an A. Many easier comp classes out there, but I loved this class.

Best professor I've had. He's extremely clear with his assignments, but its a lot of work. Several short essays, journal entries, and sometimes a bit too much to have to read for class, but over all it's a great class and I'd recommend him if you actually want to learn something

Most trustworthy, caring prof I've ever had. Extra helpful to students who love to write and want to be published. Ask specific questions to better understand the material.

had interesting class discussions about it. It may feel like he rips your writing apart at times. He pushes you to write your best and grades you on your writing improvements, not against anyone else and hardly focuses on grammar. You get to rewrite essays until you are happy w/ the grade(my class did anyway)

Very helpful professor. He gives a lot of short writing assignments that helps prepare you for the two long papers. You will read two books, both very good. Great professor overall!

I loved Barrett! He was my favorite professor during the Summer Program 2012. He was funny and made class fun. He gave a lot of work, but it helped me to become a better writer every time I wrote another draft for his class. I ended up getting an A- on his fmal paper. LOVED HIM.

He's one of the nicest and most easy-going professor I have ever had! Take advantage of his office hours, he'll help you with anything you need!

GREATEST, NICEST, SWEETEST PROFESSOR EVER! If your a hard worker and you do the work will get a A. He only fails you if your lazy or don't do the work.He always available in his office hours. He's straight forward and SPECIFIC in his syllabus. He's the type of guy that you can have great conversations with. I wish he was my mentor.

Take his class! For three reasons: 1. He's hot and he has goregous eyes. 2. You can learn a lot from Barrett. 3. Barrett gives out take home quizzes , sometimes not always.

without a doubt my all time favorite professor. down to earth and genuinely cares about his students. i would recommend him for any english course. such a great dude!

I love Mr. Barrett his class keeps you awake. The work is easy he explains everything out and his office hours can help you even more. He's open to talk an=bout every and anything. We don't always do work either we play games in class for extra credit. Oh yeah he's always giving extra credit for the smallest things like looking up a word.

He is a rough teacher, but helps you with everything along the way. I get help from him all the time outside of class. He will rip your papers apart, but you get to fix them as many times as you want.

By far the best professor I've ever had.I had him over the summer in 2014. He's very easy to talk to, and although it may seem hes ripping your papers apart, if you listen to what hes telling you your drafts will be improve drastically each draft! SHOW that you're making an effort and be a hard worker and you'll pass easily with an A. I did!!

I haven't been in his class in over a year and I can not tell you how amazing this teacher is. You can talk about anything in your paper as long it's in the same theme range. I have learn more subjects in his class than I ever did at HACC (Harrisburg area community college).

I had Prof Barrett in Summer, and I felt like he assigned an outrageous amount of reading for such a short period of time. At the time, I wasn't sure how I felt about him, however I realize that he was very helpful and I learned a lot. I would take again.

He is like the best person in the world I really think that this guy is a very good professor and he should be Dean of college I really like this guy AMEN.

This is literally the coolest professor i have ever had. he honestly made me a better overall writer. He's informal (in a good way) and very down to earth. He is the type of professor to help with anything you need and especially in his office hours. To pass his class all you have to do is do his assignments and you'll pass (he gives many chances )

Definitely more work than I expected but I learned a lot and did well. Would definitely take again.

Dr. Barrett has a way of making class interesting. He expects participation and challenges your ability to interpret literature. Allotted time for tests is not quite enough, however, he grades appropriately and allows for revisions of papers and exams. Between the couple comedians in class and Dr. Barrett, class was quite comical.

A professor that cares about what you have to say. You can say what is really on your mind and he won't judge, he'll embrace it. I read out loud one of the most crudest things I ever wrote and he loved it.

John is an amazing professor. If you have the opportunity to take him, jump on it right away! As long as you put in at least 15-30 minutes of work per day, you'll pass with an easy A.

He is the funniest and the best Writing 2 professor ever! I'd recommend that you take him if you have a passion for reading and writing essays.

really nice guy, always helpful with any question you may have, however this class is HARD! Barrett really makes you work with all of his worksheets and ongoing background projects. But I'm glad I got to learn writing from him, he's brilliant and passionate about everything he does, which made it the slightest bit easier.

I learned a lot in this class and had a lot of fun. He is a great teacher! :)

Dr. Barrett is by far the best professor I ever had. Most of class is discussion based, but he makes it so interesting. He does give a lot of reading, but its doable. You spend the entire semester writing your final paper. He gives you so much feedback it is impossible not to get an A. Hes always so understanding and willing to help.

This was the hardest class I ever took, but it is worth it. This class requires a lot of hard work but he's there to help you if you go to his office hours. He's a great guy and inspires you. Don't skip class and if you're frustrated, go to him. This class helped my writing skills tremendously. Lots of work, you'll get stressed but I recommend.

This was the most difficult class I've ever taken. You're guaranteed at least a B as long as you do your work, but BOY is there a lot of work. 60 pages out of the book this night, a 3 page paper the next. He grades harshly, but he does it for YOU. This man cares, he's inspiring, and I know I'll look back and think how his class was worth all of it.

Dr. Barrett was a great professor during the fall. I was able to sleep and class and put my feet on the chairs in front of me, as well as eat my daily morning oatmeal (this was an early class). He is very inspirational and really helped me in class. He also let me eat in class (oatmeal again, LOL). Thank you, Dr. Barrett! I will miss you!

I have never been a good writer at all but when I did have questions he was always quick to help. At first I thought the class was hard until I talked to him, he clarified and actually helped. He gives a lot of feedback and that can be discouraging, he truly is helpful if you talk to him! Overall great dude!