Very unorganized, unhelpful, not articulate for a college setting

ways of reading....rough

Bad class, assignments don't make sense....teacher is nice but if you ask a question he answers it with another question...two page paper due every class

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! It is such a waste of time, his assignments have nothing to do with English. You don't learn anything useful and you do the same thing every day. When you ask him questions he doesn't give you helpful answers. This was the most boring and useless semester ever!!

Most useless class I have ever taken. We do the same exact assignment every day and he gives absolutely no direction. He doesn't give good feedback on essay's, and doesn't answer questions clearly at all. I would not recommend him to anyone.

He was the worst professor I have ever had in my life. He seriously does not teach the class at all and I've heard him say maybe 5 sentences the entire semester. I absolutely do not recommend him and I feel bad if you end up having to take him.

Absolute worst professor. He does not help in any way, and doesn't answer any of your questions clearly. When I told him I didn't understand something I read, he said "Understand? What's understand? You don't need to understand". He is way too harsh of a grader and the assignments he gives are hard to understand and he doesn't explain them at all.

I came into the class with an open mind after reading all of his poor reviews (Took him because no other sections open) He is a strange man, he isn't clear and the class doesn't have much structure. If you really try to understand the class, you may do ok but if not you'll likely end up with a C.

This man literally makes no sense. If you ask for help, he tells you to "read the directions". But the directions never make any sense either. You really don't learn anything in that class, even if you try, because it's so abstract. DO NOT TAKE.

WORST TEACHER DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. You do the same collaborative essay every single class and don't learn a thing. Final grade based on one paper.

Unless you're interested in doing a collaborative essay every single class going "with and against the grain" (whatever that even means because to this day I still dont know), DO NOT TAKE. He's not helpful at all worst teacher. Nice guys but terrible teaching skills and terrible class.

Prof. Hayes is really unclear. I loathed this class because I always felt lost and couldn't even begin to ask the right questions to catch up. He does little to no teaching. You basically write the whole time and if you ask a question he answers with a question. I thought he was supposed to "teach" us about writing??

Does the administration know that this guy isn't teaching? My parents don't believe me but all we do in class is group writing. Everyone is on their laptops and looking at instagram. We just keep blindly adding to each others writing and there is no real assignment. He never says anything or talks to us. He sits in the front on his own laptop.

DO NOT TAKE. Put in HOURS of work on the final, which is about the only thing you are graded on the whole semester. Also know other students who put in hours of work and it didn't show in the grades they received. Was given a B- during midterms and he stated the grades would go up yet ended the year with a B-. Was always a good english student.

Professor Hayes only gives group assignments everyday and everything you do in class leads up to the midterm and the final. He gives comments back but they are no help and I did not learn much from this class at all. Not a good teacher and would never take again. Does not care about students.

Doesnt teach. Just shows up to class and assigns the most confusing work.

There was no teaching so I don't really know what to say. You go to class and sit on your laptop in a group. He never explains things. Just sits there on his own computer. Answers questions with questions. This class made my brain hurt - and not in a good way.

Not sure where all the good reviews suddenly came from. I had Hayes last semester and as others have said it was a confusing class. I was frustrated because I am a good student but always had to work with others who were not reliable. That effected my grade. He did almost no teaching. Everyone was on laptops including him for all of class.

DO NOT TAKE HIM BY ANY MEANS. he is a nice guy but the class makes absolutely no sense at all. your entire grade is based off of one project and it is so confusing. you basically write three essays based off of a text that literally has zero meaning and when he makes comments on your writing for revisions, you just get more confused. NO JUST NO!

HORRIBLE CLASS!! The papers we write make no sense! The lectures were incredibly boring because we wrote on our laptops for the entire class period. He was difficult to understand, and it was the hardest A- I've ever worked for. There was no point in going to class because every assignment could be done on our own time.

DO. NOT. TAKE. most confusing class. No matter how hard i tried to please his feedback for revisions, he still wasnt happy. Interesting how some kids got an A using the EXACT ideas i had within their final projects, but i got left with a B. He will make you write essays using rules like "grammar is an angel". WHO even comes up with that? AVOID.

DON'T take this class. Spare yourself. This is not an English 101 class this is for a Senior. Hayes is a very kind and fun Professor but his class is heinous. The poems are unreadable, his grading is awful, you're never right, and your questions will lead to more questions because the answer leaves you more confused then whe n you started.

Prof. Hayes is a great person and means well. However, his course is based off of one tedious essay that makes NO sense. His lecture periods are pointless because there is not much guidance for this assignment. Not the best prof, would never take again or recommend. I am an outstanding writer and this is the first essay I've ever struggled on.

Please for gods sake just DO NOT take Professor Hayes. He was the most vague and hard to reach professor I have ever experienced. The entire class is graded on one lengthy paper that could be completed in a week but instead is dragged out for an entire semester. Also never responds outside of class so good luck.

Worst professor ever. Cant even teach/ classwork and homework makes no sense. Don't take this class he sucks

Hayes does not know how to get his students to become engaged in his class. he just sits there and mumbles something for us to do and all the students just kinda look at each other and leave early sometimes. when he "lectures" its like hes in his own little world talking to a brick wall DO NOT take his class

This class was an absolute nightmare. We only worked with one reading that was really hard to understand. Hayes made it so much more difficult than it needed to be- he basically spoke in riddles. When asking for clarification it only made things more confusing. His class is pointless and you won't learn anything.

If you want to get absolutely nothing out of your english class, take Hayes. Every week I dreaded going to class. Not because it was hard: because it felt entirely pointless (it is). He says EN102 to help to learn how to write in research, but nothing of that sort occurs. The text he uses is nonsense. His instructions are unclear. AVOID IF POSSIBLE

You write the same essay for the whole semester so if you finish it by each deadline, the workload isn't insane. He speaks in riddles and makes no sense. I could not even tell you what the essay was about because it was that confusing. Does not make anything clear.

NEVER TAKE THIS MAN! he never responds to emails, the course is literally pointless and his comments on the one paper u have to do all semester make absolutely no sense. he is a horrible teacher and is never clear on anything. please take my advice and never take this teacher

Hayes is probably the worst English teacher I have ever had. He is impossible to reach outside of class and his feedback makes 0 sense. I ended up need professional help to complete the essay that was required. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. I'd rather have taken a teacher that doesn't even know how to speak English.

I would not take this man's class again. He only works on 1 essay throughout the whole semester and will fail you even if you have doctor's notes. His comments on your essays don't make sense and when you go and try to meet with him he doesn't help. Take him at your own risk.

The entire semester is spent working on one paper that isn't even a research paper. It is based on a text that makes absolutely no sense. To do well on the paper you have to make stuff up and hope he thinks it makes sense. I do not recommend him to anyone. Also, if you don't go to class that reflects your grade in a very negative way.

English 102 should not feel as impossible as he makes it seem. He is not accessible outside of class, your entire grade is based upon the ability to write random new ideas that he deem worthy and the comments he leaves on your drafts make no sense and are extremely condescending. Worst professor I have actually ever had.

One essay the whole semester as the only grade but you must be Shakespeare to get a good grade

This was possibly the worst English class I have ever taken. He is very unclear with directions and revision directions. He told us he would be surprised if he graded higher than a C. The whole course was based on reformulation writing and not one other EN101 class was working on anything similar. He also does not respond to email ever.

Worst professor I have ever had, you only have one paper the entire semester and he gave everyone unreasonably low grades. Avoid at all costs. English was always my strong-suit but he was extremely rude and condescending and his expectaions were unclear.

Professor Hayes is a nice guy, but definitely not a great professor. His class isn't demanding/ workload heavy at all, but the content, lectures, and grading isn't clear at all. We read one long essay that doesn't make a fraction of sense and write based off of it just to get notes on our personal essays that aren't helpful at all. Don't take it!

Do not take this class nobody got above a C+ for their midterm. He doesn't know how to explain anything. If you miss one class you are kind of screwed. We don't have a lot of homework but I would rather have homework at this point. He also never answers your emails. Save yourself.

worked on one paper whole semester as final grade, any tutor, office hours or google could not help me get better than a C on this paper. Very hard to follow what he is talking about and understand his comments left on papers. Will never answer an email and hard to access outside of class.

would not recommend this professor, worked on one essay the whole semester based on a reading that made absolutely no sense. He gives you feedback after every draft but it does not make sense and he just repeats himself. In class he speaks in metaphors and no one knew what he was saying.

This class is pretty much based off the syllabus and writing one or two essays. He is very unclear in class when it comes to explaining things and his feedback is very very poor. I have never been so confused in a class before in my life. If you ask J Dog a single question he will NOT give you an answer and will say " Just go to the syllabus..."

If you have the option to take this professor, DONT. Prof. Hayes does not teach and relies heavily on the syllabus which is written like it is from the 1800's. He is never on time, his vocabulary is extremely mature, and he does not bother to answer emails. He also does not put any grades in blackboard making your current grade inaccessible.

I don't even know how this guy has a degree. Reading Latin is easier than reading his syllabus, and whenever he explains something, it's 5 minutes of words, followed up with "that's a long way of saying" (another 3 minutes of talking). Do not take this professor.

This is the most confusing class I have ever taken. The class is graded off of one final project that you work on all year. His feedback never makes sense. The format of the final is confusing and makes no sense. He will not answer your emails, he will not meet with you, and he hates questions. DO NOT TAKE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please do not take him. Can't tell you one thing I learned in this course. I was lost everyday. He is so unclear about what we are supposed to do and how to get a better grade on our only grade (a paper). You work all semester on this one paper. I don't understand how anyone can get a good grade in this course off of the way he "teaches".

Although Hayes does not give hw outside of the classroom, he does not give clear instructions on what to do with the assignment. I have been working on the same project for the whole semester, and it just feels like repetition. You can never get a grade lower than what you receive since he allows you to revise each step you submit.

Do not take him. Work on the same paper all semester all to not get a good grade on it. Didn't know my grade until the final grade was out because he doesn't put grades in. no assignments make sense. save yourself don't take him.