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GREAT teaching!!!
This is the best professor ever. Very fair. very tolerant. Knows his stuff. I search out his classes to sign up for even though I don't need them.
I took Dr. Baldwin for 3 classes while at HCC. I am now currently graduating from USF and I think that Dr. Baldwin was the best professor I have ever had. His classes are not easy but his teaching style is amazing!
I tried very hard to get along with this professor, but he always was very rude and never bothered to answer my questions about the literature we were reading. I completely did not appreciate some of his inappropriate comments, either.
Good professor
Baldwin doesn't just read the book to you, he gives insights on many perspectives in the literature being studied. His handouts on using literary technique are useful and he is a fair, warm, and charming professor. The best teacher I've worked with.
he is a good teacher but perosnally a freakin jerk. I tried to explain why and didnt have enough space so just take my word for it. jerk.
One of the best professors I've ever had. His teaching skills are interesting but very helpful. He is willing to hear your opinion about any subject even though he doesn't agree. In my opinion, he's the one you should choose for your English Professor.
Yea, you have to choose him he is very, very, easy. You take no tests at all. You only write essays and he is very clear about what he expects. You attend class, you get an 'A'. You dont 'F'. Has a very well developed sense of humor. And he is down to earth. I reocommend him.
He sucks! He spends his day on the internet rating on this website and does not even help his students.
The work is easy, but if you ask any questions, he'll make you feel stupid for asking. Loves to hear himself talk, talk about himself, thinks he's a comedian. Take the class only if you can work on your entirely on your own without his help, then you'll probably get an A.
He is an awesome teacher. The class is simple and he makes his expectations clear. He helps you understand all the assignments and he's a cool guy. If you do the work you get an A, and it's not hard work either.
He is not a very nice person, which makes for a rude teaching style. I wouldn't recommend his class.
Dr. B is the BEST prof. I've EVER had. He is very easy to understand and is always willing to help. If you show up for class and do the assignments, this class is an easy A.
Notice that the reviews here are either great or horrible? That's because he or his daughters are here giving positive feedback and the negative is what his students give. NOONE could like this teacher that much. Anytime I tell someone he's awful they say, I've heard that about him.
I really enjoyed this class. DR Baldwin was clear and fair. I related to his manner of teaching. I graduated over 10 years ago and this was the first class I've taken in a while. Go to class,do the work,get an A. Done!
He's a good teacher. Not that interesting but he expects you to do the work and do the reading. As far as English/Literature teachers go, he's one of the better ones.
When I first started the class, I thought it would be interesting. The reading was fine but the tests were unfair. He expects people who are taking online classes to have 4 hours available for at least 3 tests each semester. The tests are essays about very specific questions. I recommend not taking this class with him.
Honestly, he inspired me to become an education major. He made Literature fun & relavent. He's got a great sense of humor and provokes thought. If you didn't enjoy his class, it might be because you aren't used to doing your own work. The only drawback I see in his testing is that it's impossible to cheat. (genuine former student)
poor class structure
bad bad bad teacher
I loved reading before I took this class. He is very very boring and his stories he has you read are too.
Let's you write what YOU want to. Not so grammer based, as talent. He only makes you feel stupid if you ask a moronic question. Don't take this class if you need some to hold your hand. Do take this class if you're a comptent writer who doesn't want a lot of restrictions.
Piece of Cake!
yuk. run away, don't take his class!
Great teacher. He is the best.
Excellent teacher. His Powerpoint Lectures are incredible. He's very understanding and the best teacher ever. I can't believe some of these bad comments. Obviously, they're by bad students.
Dr. Baldwin is a great man who cares about his students. Over the course of the semester, I ran into a couple of personal issues. He proved to be compassionate, accommodating, and very friendly. I am happy that I chose him as my professor for ENC1101, and I look forward to taking his ENC1102 course. I highly recommend Dr. Baldwin.
I'm reading some of this stuff and can't believe it. Dr. Baldwin is awesome! I know who wrote one of the bad reviews and he's an F student. Don't believe it. Dr. Baldwin is a FANTASTIC teacher.
He help me so much. I am ESL student and Dr. Baldwin sit in his office for a hour 3 times this term just helping me. I think he is a great, kind man. He listen to my problems and help me. He is wonderful.
i hated writing til Dr. B. His way of teaching is to encourage and be positive. He builds you up and tells you what's good about your writing before cutting you down. What i mean is he grades the grammar and everything but he makes you want to learn it because he makes you feel good about what you are writing, if that makes sense. I like him.
He is so boring! He may be a good professor, but he does love listening to his voice. His online lectures include himself reading what is already on the power point. BORING! Don't take his class at 8:00 or later than 18:00 because you will fall asleep.
I think that this has been one of the most interesting classes that I have taken. Dr B has been very helpful and taught me a great deal about literature. I think that many of the negative comments on this site come from students that are lazy and wanted a professor to just pass them throught. Dr B actually wants you to learn!!
Dr. B. is an excellent teacher. I have been to several colleges and would rate him within the top 3 at any university I have attended. Any negative comments obviously come from lazy, unmotivated, and whinny children. Here's a clue: "There is no free lunch". Do the work and YOU will reward yourself with good grades.Dr. B is as good as they come!
WHINNY WIMPY BABIES!!! Any of you who dont think this man is a great teacher should go out in the real world, work a 7$ an hour job, come back to school when your ready to APPLY YOURSELVES to EARN a good grade. STOP asking for life to be simple and fair. IT ISN'T! QUIT CRYING AND DO SOME WORK!! Lazy students make me sick & bring down the rest of us
I really enjoyed this class and interacting with Dr. Baldwin, he is an excellent professor :)
Mr. B is the greatest! He was always helpful throughout the class to give us a better understanding of the material. He's always there to answers questions and is very fair! I really enjoyed this class and learned a lot.
I took Dr. Baldwin's class online - 10 week course. I loved taking this class online. It was easy to follow. This class is great for anyone who has a busy schedule and cannot attend a regular classroom setting. Just follow the instructions in the syllabus, read the stories, review Dr. Baldwin's powerpoint discussions, and post your reviews on t
I had Dr. B for Connections. He told us exactly what he wanted and wasnt overly critical about it. I ended up really enjoying a class i was not interested in at all.
Aesome professor! I had him for 1101 and 1102 ENC. If you are good at writing essays, then take him! he won't give you exams, all you need to do is write essays. Very helpful professor, very considerated and he'll always try to help you to get an A!
I LOVE MR. BALDWIN... If You Love Baseball You Will Get Along With Him Without Any Problems. Its A Very Easy Class As Long As You Do Your Work. Hes Very Flexable And Helps You With Anything You Need. But Take Your Time With The Final, Its REALLY Important And It Can Make Or Break Your Grade. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
Mr. Baldwin is a very cool and laid back teacher. He responds to emails fast and is understanding. I would most defintly recommend anyone to take his class. Its easy theres only five classes and papers all less than 500 words. His only down fall is having your papers graded wich is understandable because he dose have many students GO MR. Baldwin!!!
Not an easy class. Be ready to read. I took this class online. Did well on the tests but the discussion boards take up a lot of time. Make sure you do the homework or you will have an automatic B!! Never made less than an A on the test but had a B for the class. Be careful!!!
Marc Baldwin is one of the greatest professors at HCC. I took him for enc1102 and for american literature and was blown away both times! Great teacher and very helpful. You will learn a lot and want to work hard because he is such a great teacher and you won't want to disappoint him!
Great teacher. Easy class if you take pride in your work and essays are easy for you to write. Doesn't reply to e-mail as fast. Took him for ENC 1101 (online course) and we only had to complete 5 essays though attendance was mandatory (we only met 5 times!) Taking him again for ENC 1102.
He is extremely easy grader. I happened to see the class roster and almost everyone got an A.. He doesn't seem to highlight punctuation errors or other grammar errors on the papers he grades.
Online course: PARTICIPATE in discussion board. DO NOT fall behind! Expect 5 words or less responses. Not a harsh teacher, but I can see where an irresponsible student would NOT get along with him! Inspires a cult following among some students, but I do not see him as overly interested in students, just Literature.
I took an online class with him and was very disappointed as I had heard what a great teacher he is. He may be, but not in an online class. He probably wrote a total of 20 words all semester on the discussion board. It is an easy class but if you want to get really deep with this material stay out of the online course.
Its a very easy class.involved little effort if you already write well.responses are minimum and if your more than 5min late than you probably missed the class.topics are very general so you can be very creative.Overall a good class!
Extremely easy class if you know how to write essays. All you have to do is write 5 500-word essays. A few written live in class and others written at home to be turned in at class. Dr Baldwin shows up for roughly 15mins to hand back papers, and write short instructions and he's outta there. No policing on his part! SUPER EASY.
Dr. Baldwin is the greatest instructor I have come across during my college career--I took six of his courses. He is very easy to work with and he makes perfectly clear what he expects of his students. Apply yourself, do all the assignments on time, and don't get sloppy with your work--all habits of a good student and traits Dr.Baldwin respects.
good teacher and lectures He seems to really love literature. The 4 hour tests are so intimidating, as long as you know the material and do your best, you should be fine, read the material, and participate! The discussion board can be time consuming, but if you love lit., it's worth it, and student responses help you with difficult material
I took this class online, there was a LOT of reading necessary and several papers. Very fair in grading papers submitted. There was a lot of discussion board postings required for the online class. I do recommend the class.
I was extremely disappointed when mostly older students starting bashing controversial topics & Baldwin was very open minded to let the bashing continue & when other students tried defending themselves he said it was uncalled for. Easy A! But morally this professor needs a reality check. its 2008 in case anyone over 30 has not noticed.
I agreen with the person 2 posts down. This class is extremely easy, but it's a bit annoying listening to him talk about the presidential nominees every class. He does love his own voice. I didn't like the controversial topics (that i would have rather kept to myself) that he chose for the essays. You only have to write 5 500 wrd essays and u get A
Absolutely love him wish he was my teacher for every class.
Dr. Baldwin is probably the best teacher that I have had at HCC. He cares about his students and is always there to answer a question. I have him for a Hybrid class (half in class, other online). You have no tests, only Discussion Board questions and 5 essays. He grades fairly, and is open minded. He is a teacher that actually has morals. TAKE HIM!
Easy Class, only 5 essays, No FINAL. He is very Consrvative, and into God, do not vioce your opinion if you are liberal, or have any conflicting views you will get discriminated against.
I had Dr. Balwin for ENC1101 & ENC1102. He is a wonderful professor. Many professors tend to beat you over the head with their outlook on life, but all Dr. Balwin encourages is that you own your thoughts. He is an anit-conformist and I found this to be a refreshing idea. I suggest him to anyone who does not get their feelings hurt easily.
For someone with that much knowledge I wish he challenged me more. But overall great experience.Love the hybrid idea
I didn't like him, he expects you to write like your an english professor. And make sure u refer to him as DR. and not Mr.Baldwin and if u mess up trust me he will correct u. I wouldn't recommend him to anyone.
He is a closed-minded Christian who insults his students for having differing religious views and opinions. His World Lit class is nothing but American and European male writers. No literature from Africa, Asia or South America. He insulted me personally for being an Atheist. If you're a fundamentalist Christian, you'll love him.
Wow. I can't believe these last few people. I have NEVER met a more open-minded, fairer teacher in my life. Dr. Baldwin NEVER insults anyone for anything. He may believe in God, but I never once heard him say anything but the truth. He's the kindest, most considerate teacher ever.
I took Mr. Baldwin online and this guy is a jerk, he demands you write 3 200+ word essays for his tests and you have no knowlegde before hand what they will be on and you have to do it in 2 hrs.A real jerk,never take him! You'll fail. He never response and demands you to basicly have no life and only worry about his class.
Unbelievable. After the first exam I was given a failing grade on a technicality. My response was correct but failed regardless. When I asked to please reconsider the harshness of his penelty, he said I was being rude and disrespectful. He then advised I drop his class. I am at a loss for words, I have never been so disgusted in my life.
Stay away. This is by far the worst professor I have ever had. My 3.8 GPA is taking a hit because he failed both my exams. Do not dare question his reason or he will deduct more points. You must write 3x 350 word essays for your exam. (1150 words) Oh, and he has a DR. in Lit. He will act and remind you of this constantly. You've been warned!
Dr. Baldwin is an amazing teacher. I learned a lot through this class.His topics were inspiring and educational. A very fair teacher.
Dr. Baldwin was extremely delightful as a Professor. He was very helpful and he was available when we needed him. I appreciated all of his help and as I said before, delightful. I will recommend him to my friends who are having to take this course. Thanks!
Dr. Baldwin is very good professor! He makes us to learn the material and always will help if we need to. Dr. Baldwin will always understand your problem ad answer all your questions! GREAT TEACHER!
Dr. Baldwin is and AMAZING teacher. I enjoyed taking his online class. If anyone needed help, he was there and would help them. He is a GREAT teacher! I already told my friends about him, so they are going to take him too! Thank you for everything Dr. Baldwin!!
Dr Baldwin is a fair professor. He does expect you to keep up in his classes (but what teacher doesnt?) I took his online English Comp class and he was very helpful whenever I had questions. Dont take him if you want an easy A...it wont happen. Be prepared to do a fair amount of work and be accountable for your attendance. Great, Fair Professor.
I cant believe some people on here.Dr. B was a really good professor.He expects you to attend class and do your work.He is very clear as to what he expects and if you cant figure it out then ask!He voices his opinion and expects you to the the same, hence why its called the discussion board.This isnt high school people, do your work! Take him!!
Baldwin is nothing spectaular, he really lets his own ideologies get in the way of becoming a great professor. He is very conservative, and christian, and if you do not aline yourself with his ideals he will penalize you for it. I had A's on my first 2 papers, then we had a disagreement over the War in the Iraq and Bush, I then recieved 2 F's.
He Has You Write 5 essays and want's you to be active on the black board. If you miss 4 weeks on responding to the black board you get an automatic F. O, if you have 5 errors on any of your essays. He stops reading and just gives you an F. Dude Is Tough As Nails.
Agree with the person before me! :-P Do not take his on-line class.
I would not recommend taking him for an online course. He thinks that his ideas are more important than teaching you how to write. If you ask him a question it takes him 2 weeks to get back to you. His syllabus is not very clear and doesn?t have any due dates to when the DBQ?s are due. All in all it is a very poorly run, and disorganized class.
Dr. Baldwin is so difficult!!! I didn't learn anything and wouldn't suggest him. After he finds the 4th mistake in your essay, he stops grading and you get an automatic F. You can then rewrite it for a max grade of C. He's not clear in what he expects and it took him several days to respond to my e-mails. His responses were vague and useless.
This guy does NOT teach; he only grades your papers (4 mistakes=F & he stops reading) which takes him forever & he doesn't answer emails on time. DO NOT TAKE HIM, unless you are a brown nosed conservative-in this case he will read your paper & maybe give you a B. I think he should've not been paid for the class--he is not doing his job.
Very Very Hard Class. He stops reading your paper after he finds 4 mistakes. On top of that you have to take your paper to the Writing Center,do 6 grammer activites, then rewrite the paper and the highest grade you can get is a "C" If you're not an english major then I would not recommend him!
If you're not an english major then I would not recommend him! He stops reading your paper after he finds 4 mistakes. On top of that you have to take your paper to the Writing Center,do 6 grammer activites, then rewrite the paper and the highest grade you can get is a "C"
If you're not an english major then I would not recommend him! He expects you to write a perfect paper with no more than four errors. Gives a "F" if more than four errors then you can get no higher than a "C" on your re-write. VERY HARD TEACHER!
Not helpful at all, especially to the typical student who has been out of school for a while or for the student who's best subject was anything but English! Stops at the 4th mistake and gives an F, even if that may be your last mistake on the essay. You can resubmit, the highest grade possible is a C, plus complete six exercises from the book.
He sounds much worse than he is. I was worried about him class, however it wasn't that bad and I got an easy A. Don't be intimidated. This is college, not high school.
Take class online, Essay writing. Use the writing center to not lose grammar points. Not too harsh of a grader. Then again my girlfriend, who is a professor,wrote all my papers!
:( Don't recommend taking him!
As far online course go (have taken several), this one left much to be desired. While there was a lot of reading as one would expect, this has nothing to do with the rating. Not recommended.
Online course...NOT easy. Never actually met the instructor but left an impression of extreme arrogance. Don't bother with this class if you don't have a SOLID understanding of college essay writing. Harsh grader. Class size started with over 16 students, mid term about 6. I passed this course,with a great deal of tutoring. Good luck!
Horribe online class. Professor was rude when I sent an email asking about a book, with his outdated class syllabus. There was so much reading and I am a great reader! I failed this class because he graded way to harsh on everything. I earned an A and B in my other classses that required papers and recieved A's on my papers from the other classes.
Dr. Baldwin is a wonderful teacher. View the lectures, follow the syllabus and join in on the discussion boards. Not a class for lazy people who post one time at the end of the week-you're wasting your time and ours. Exams are easy, your given plenty of time to complete them. Overall, great teacher! There is a lot of reading, it's literature!
JOKE. Nothing on his online lectures are tested upon, nor does he offer any extra intellectual stimulation in them. Discussion boards are boring, there is no help in understanding the material. He graded me low B and low A first couple tests, with no explanation of why he did so, the only critique he gave was "GOOD ESSAYS". I learned NOTHING.
He was of no help whatsoever in the online class. In my opinion, if you arent going to give me 100% on essay tests, at least tell me why you took points off, so I could improve. He gave NO contructive critisizm or praise. It was also hard to get in touch with him. I dont know if he focuses on his oncampus class, but DO NOT TAKE HIS ONLINE CLASS
I took his online claas. He was not helpful at all from day 1. Took a long time to answer emails. Seemed like he did not want to help. You would have to know your stuff before taking this class. I passed with a A. Although he did not grade our weekly discussion board assignments...
Very nice professor, just read what you are assigned, but make sure you do read it all, it's a lot but its worth it for the exams. Took his online class and got an "A", just read all the material and write your best on the 3 essay questions on the exams and participate in the discussions and you will do great. Recommend to everyone! easy class.
He does not participate in the class. His feed back leaves far to be desired. I recieved a 90 out of 99 on 3 essays. I asked for feed back all I got back was "A 90 IS A VERY GOOD GRADE". How is this helpful! The class is easy. If you want to learn get another teacher. He never took part in any DB or gave feedback.I plan to report him to the dean.
I took this class online. If you read the assigned readings and participate in the discussion boards you will do great. Make sure you read all the assigned readings and take some notes along the way and that will help out on the essay exams. Recommend to everyone!
I wasn't happy with him, at all. I'm in the same exact course this summer with a different professor and the assignments aren't anywhere close to being the same as his. His directions weren't clear, they were actually ridiculous. The textbook was only used to redeem yourself if you screwed up on a paper. And you still wouldn't get full credit.
He is no help what so ever. I took him online. He provides no useful feedback on essays. If you take his class you better already know how to write essays because he isn't going to teach you how.
He is very specific with what he wants and expects. Read his directions and follow them. You will not have a problem if you do those things. Watch his lectures and read the text he recommends. Go to the writing resource center and get your papers reviewed. I have really enjoyed his class and the way he teaches.
I would not take his class again. I took him online and he does not respond to emails regularly, 3 mistakes on a paper and auto F, if you make mistakes he doesn't tell you what you did wrong, so you don't know what to correct. If you get an F he tells you to go to the writing lab and THEY will tell you what you did wrong. I learned nothing from him
TERRIBLE TEACHER, GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN, NO MATTER WHAT! THE SCHOOL COUNCELORS CAN'T HELP YOU GET OUT OF THE CLASS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS ON HIS SYLLABUS. GOT THREE MINOR ERRORS ON THE FIRST PAPER AND RECEIVED AN AUTOMATIC F AND HE REFUSED TO GRADE THE REST OF THE PAPER. VERY RUDE WHEN HE FINALLY REPLIES TO EMAILS/MESSAGES. DO NOT TAKE!!!!!!!!!
He is very specific with what he wants and expects. Read his directions and follow them. You have to quote from the text ONLY essay exams! If you text him all his return emails are in ALL CAPS!(lol) I have really enjoyed his class and the way he teaches.
Wouldn't take him again. Class is not fun or interesting. Excessive demerits for minor mistakes. If you like writing for the sake of writing this is your class. If you like learning or being inspired I would opt for another professor. Did anyone else feel like a 16yo was replying to their emails? All caps?
I'm not exactly sure how I'm doing in the course, since he isn't providing any feedback whatsoever. He did reopen a test for me for a few days after the week it was due since I was in the hospital, but he has lacking communication skills.
He's the type of professor who likes to lord the very little power afforded to him by his status of a community college professor over his students. His instructions are unclear. Unwilling to teach/work with students and is extremely rude when he chooses to reply to emails. He's used the same lectures for ten years.
I would never recommend this man to anyone. Worst teacher i have ever had.So useless. He doesn't respond to your emails. I failed to put quotes from the story on an exam, I got a 45 on the test because of that. When i asked him if there was a way to pass his class now he said, "NO, NOT REALLY." And this was supposed to be my last semester.
I turned in every assignment on time, did all of the required reading (which was great), & really enjoyed peer feedback. I ended up failing the entire course for not citing quotes properly on exams. I get the reason, but that's a huge slap in the face from the professor when he didn't communite at all or participate on the discussion board.
I enjoyed his class and liked his style of teaching.
Very sarcastic emails back but easiest A ever got. In fact, only A I ever got lol. He seemed almost too easy. My class was online I think. It was 7 yrs ago lol
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